Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-25
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Part Of Dahomey Is to be colonized
With Alsatians and Lorrainers who
have served In the French army.
Jack the Ripper" is the subject Of
isw opera about to be produced at
Verona, music and words by an Italian
named Gioma.
Seidliz powders must not be made
90 strong in England. A druggist has
lust been fined for overdosing the peo
ole of Brentford.
Oswald Nerlinger, = s4erman, has
made a cup Of common pepper corn.
which holds 200 other ivory cups,
with q handle to each. all gilt on tho
edges. with room for 400 more.
frof. Poinacre, of Paris, In his stud
Gs of the eject of the moon on the
r1eteorology of the earth, has discOv-
ered that 1t has an influence not only
On the production of cyclones, but alsc
On their direction.
AT Johns Hopkins University recent
y patient under hypnotic influence
was successfully operated upon for dis
eased kidney, no anaesthetics being
used. The case was the first In which
hypnotism has been used in that In.
stitution.
One of the popular mistakes Of the
day is that one can travel cheaper in
Europe than in the States. Travelling
first class there costs quite as much as
In America, and the tourist does not
get anything like as good accommoda.
tons for his money.
Some rascal has been stealing sever
al tons Of printed documents stored in
the loft of the Senate chamber at Har-
risburg, Pa, and he has probably been
selling them for junk. Copies of the
laws Of Pennsylvania for several years
were part Of the plunder.
1t is proposed to demolish the old
French market in New Orleans and on
the site to erect a building better
adapted to the business carried on
there. Nearly all visitors to New Or
leans for many years have made 1t q
point to see the French market.
Russia is to have an electrical branch
Of her army under the direction of a
lieutenant general, two major generals.
and five officers of lower grade. who
will also have a military electrical
school under their charge. Russian
military officers have always been
very adept in the use Of electricity.
A young school teacher named He'd
ricks. residing In Honeybrook Town
ship. near Coakesville, Pa, was arrest
ed few days ago upon complaint Of
a resident of that place, who charged
him with uttering twelve oaths. At a
hearing before a magistrate the school
teacher was fined 67 cents per oath, \
total Of SSO4.
The Duchess of Northumberland Is
the possessor Of a shawl which was
presented by King Charles X. Of
France, and which cost half a million
francs. 1t is manufactured from the
fur of a species of Persian cat. The
hair Of this cat is SO extremely fine
and elastic that a single hair is scarcely
perceptible to the naked eye.
A proposal to exclude from the army.
the Legislature and municipal offices
all persons whose fathers and grand
fathers were not citizens is before the
French Chamber OF Deputies. The rule
would have kept out Napoleon Bona
parte and Gambetta. A law admit
ting only the children of French citi-
zens to the civil service Is also under
consideration.
Ohio Is far In the lead Of all other
States in the number of colleges with
the authority to confer the usual de-
grees. 1t has thirty-eight Of these. In
stitutions, or seven more than Penn.
sylvania, ten more than Illinois, fifteen
more than New York, nearly three
times as many as Indiana. more than
three times as many as Michigan and
more than four times as many as Mas
sachusetts. Yet the educational stan
dard in Ohio is lower than In a major.
sty of the States mentioned.
David Schneitman died at Chatta
nooga, Tenn, aged so. When 8 years
old he was left an imbecile, without
the power Of speech. by an attack ol
measles His body IL as stunted as his
mental development for he has re
mained q child ever since In ways and
stature. He was able to speak only II
monosyllables and by gestures, but I'M
derstood anything spoken to him. His
height was slightly under 4 feet, and
to his death his face and features re
sembled those of n little child. De
ceased was possessed Of considerable
inherited property. -