Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A cable road under the Clyde at Glas
cow has just been finished and viii
De opened to traffic shortly. 1t Is II
.eet indiameter and 100 feet long. 4
Vas been Eve years building.
1t appears from an article by ont
who has made a close investigation Of
the matter, that there are now only 2O(
wild buffaloes alive in the United
States-15O in the Yellowstone Park
wenty in Colorado and thirty In Texas
A phaeton, driven by electricity, with
4 seat for two passengers, II now te
be seen In the streets Of Paris. Ths
steering axle Is in front, and beneath
the drivers foot is a pedal that con
trolls "circuit breaker" and q brake
A merchant In Birmingham, Ala, q
few days ago hired q trolley car, Gov
cred 1t with bunting and big advertise
ments Of his business. put a fife and
drum corps inside and sent It bowling
over all the trolley routes in the city.
A Maryland man who brought suit
for 5000 for breach of promise has
been Informed by the Judge that q
woman who has promised to marry
may change her mind and marry some.
body else without being liable to legal
damages.
Wishbone parties are the latest thing
In England. A card with Q wishbone
painted In the center and . quotation
written beneath Is torn in halves and
q piece given to q lady and gentleman,
respectively. Partners are secured by
Matching the pieces.
In many Of the lakes Of Manitoba
there Is a creature that seems to be
half fish and half lizard. The reptile
is spotted and much resembles a small
trout in general appearance. 1t does
not move on the bottom. but when not
advancing remains suspended in the
water like dsh.
The bottom Of the Atlantic forms .
sort Of terrace along the continent,
sloping gradually for several miles,
then suddenly descending to a far great
er depth. In general about 100 miles
from the shore there Is a depth Of 100
fathomA but in ten miles the depth ex-
.eeds 1000 fathoms
Pueblo Is now the headquarters Of
al the Western divisions Of the Santa
Fo Railway system. as well as Of the
LOO miles of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad. From Pueblo go out
the train orders and traffic directions
'ver five Of the largest railroad sys-
ems in the United States.
A greyhound, frightened by the whis
tie Of locomotive, jumped OF the
platform Of Newton st. Cyres, on the
North Devon line, in England, and ran
to the next station, Creditor, keeping
the whole distance right in front Of the
train. The distance-two and one-half
niles-was covered in five minutes,
iturt and stop included.
At the Bordeaux exhibition the spe-
Sal feature will be a bottle lis feet high
divided into stories, in the lowest of
which there will be q restaurant A
winding staircase will lead up the neck
to kiosque. taking the place Of the
cork, where there will be a room for
thirty-five persons at a time to sit and
look over the exhibition grounds and
he city.
Twenty towns in Minnesota have
adopted ordinances providing for the
Did European custom Of curfew. Peo-
pie under 18 years Of age found on the
street after the ringing Of the curfew
are liable to arrest. The first offense
Is punishable with a fine, the second
with imprisonment and the third with
10th fine and Imprisonment
Lieut.. Col Kosterlitzky, chief of the
Bavispe section of Mexican grenadiers,
believes the Apache Kid Is in the Sier-
"a Madre, together with other rene
gades, including Elias and some
sQuaws. They are not bothering any
one in Sonora at present, as the Kid
1oes not Want to be hunted out Of
Mexico, as he fears to return to the
United States. where q large reward
g offered for him dead or alive.
A universal cipher code for use IL
cable messages has Just been COM
pleted by experts at Berne, Switzer-
land, who have labored nearly five
years on + compilation. The work
was authorized by the Paris conven-
ton Of telegraphers In 1890. The new
.ode comprises 100000 words distinct
y different from each other and none
containing more than ten letters. II
will be adopted by all European coun-
tries Al soon as arrangements are COM
pleted for its use and In a few years
will probably become the cable Ian
yuage Of the entire world.
Preparations are making at Iona
Cove, Me-, for one Of the biggest quar-.
ry blasts ever made In this country.
The object Of attack Is q miniature
mountain Of granite, seventy-nve feet
In perpendicular height. In the face
Of this ledge, at the foot, a tunnel II
being driven, which. when completed,
will be T shaped. the main stem fifty
five feet long. with two cross arms
some thirty feet in length each. Eight
tons or more Of powder Is to be put in
these side tunnels, the main tunnel
cemented up and the big charge touch
ed OF. 1t Is expected the explosion WIN
uake rock pile of the mountain.