Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-19
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Geographers say that the entire coas'
Inc Of the globe measures 1000 miles
Numerous liquor raide ON the hotels
b St AhAns. Vt, are Yielding heavy
ieturnA
/ The entomologists have captured and
famed upwards Of 21.O0O varieties Of
butterflies.
Flogging a. q punishment for girls ID
what the London school board wants
10 introduce into the Industrial schools.
: Netherlands has made diamond work
rs capable Of boring . hole only one
bne-thousandth Of an inch In diameter.
The snake moves BY means OF the
ibis and the scales on the abdomen to
which each rib IL attached by . series
Df small muscles.
The moon moves 1888 feet per sec
md, day and night, and always pre-
sents the same side to the visw OF the
people Of this earth.
4 Brunswick Q6e) family has owned
piece Of rtal estate for 15s years. and
he present eWnsrs have the original
lssd to ngevs its ownsrship.
The fstdjohn family Of walla Wslla,
WaSh., AunADsa ter i4d1Ei4Nfls The
lverate hetSAt Of the ten u 631 feet and
The average weight 244 pounds.
In Lewiston, Idaho. a sQuaw has ap
plied to the courts for a divorce from
her husband on the ground that he per-
Iistently refuses to attend church with
her.
Tramps have formed . compact to rob
lvery house In Norwalk, Conn. This
b what q vagrant told an o1icer who
took him to the lookup a night or TIVE,
ago.
At Grosswardein, in Hungary, . stat
le Of st. Ladislas has been dug NJ
from beneath the fortress. which IS
built ON the site Of the aneient cathe
lral.
In Salvador . genuine revival In mat
.ers Of public instruction seems u
have taken place. Mixed schools On the
american plan have been established
h many places.
The Chittenden monument erected
BY the State Of Vermont in memory Of
her first Governor. Thomas Chfttenden.
and located In Williston, Is now prac'
hcally completed.
A concession to build carriage road
from Teheran to Basdad and also to
build electric railroads In the suburbs
II the Teheran has just been granted
TO a German contractor.
At Berlin the Academy Of Arts is pro
pairing an exhibition Of the paintings
II Adolf Menzel, Andreas Achenbach
md Julius Schrader. who are now all
10 years old and still painting.
Vinalhaven, Me-, claims the most cos
nopolitan population of any place In
he country. With two exceptions 1t
d said that every nation on the globe
b represented among its citizens.
An expedition sent out from st
popular songs In the provinces
has already secured over q hundred
songs, many Of them Of great antiquity.
All the copper tubes in the English
torpedo boat destroyers Of the reserve
aeet at Portsmouth are to be taken out
and galvanized steel tubes substituted.
The copper fittings have broken down
n a number Of the boats that have been
tested.
A Partisan had the remains of hiA
brother cremated. The ashes were put
In a leather bag and sent by rail to the
Thu ho ~ at
Ind suit has been instituted by the
brother against the railroad company
Tor the value Of the dead mans ashes.
A feature Of the Tennessee centennial
which will open Sept 1.
1896, will be a steel tower 100 feet high.
with a great revolving crown Of In
lights on top. As the crown
-evolves the lights will spell in dissolv-
ng SHADES the words: Tennessee Cen
tenniaa. 1896"
Georgia has Just made strong efor
howard obtaining good roads. A law
has been passed by the Legislature re-
1uiring all male persons between the
lges Of IS and so to work on the roads
i've days In each year. or In lieu Of
working to pay to the county road fund
81 a day for each Of the Ave days.
A correspondent on arrival at 1spa
ian, Persia, found the following no
ices posted on the walls: Beware Of
Travellers are also ad-
vised to have their native servants
Ileep with them in the same room. SO
hat the insects should settle on them
irst, and to offer q larger field for their
lnergies.
The rate at which the use Of the bi
.ycle IL growing IL seen In the state
nent that the League Of American
now numbers 37.a4s mem
,ers, $500 Of whom are credited to New
York, 5.sS9 to Massachusetts, and
lao to Pennsylvania, while the tall
.nders Of the procession are Idaho and
with two membsrs each. Both
.hese states, however. are better adapt
ID to walking than wheeling.
The Legislature Of Georgia has passed
/ bill which makes the earnings Of q
married woman her personal property,
Ind not liable for the debts, or in any
way belonging to her husband The
courts Of the State had several times
lecided that her earnings were not the
property of q married woman, and
here were some members Of the Legis-
ature who evidently wanted to keep a
yrip on anything their wives might
.arn, and so voted and spoke against
he bill. It was finally passed by
arge majority.
An interesting relic was discovere<
hear San Bernardino, Cal. It Is an
immense sculptured arrowhead, four
Ieet four inches long and weighing
more than two hundred pounds. It IN
Df blush granite and shaped In per.
'ect imitation Of the smallest arrow
heads frequently found IN that region.
On the mountain side. near where the
stone was found, is a natural formaa