Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-22
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, London funerals cost over 5000. .O00
annually.
| The commercial marine Of Canada
hves employment to some 10000 sail
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A japanese seal fishing company ha,
seen organized by Toxic capitalists
o compete with foreign sealers OF the
oast Of Japan.
An area Of 5000 square miles soutl
4 60 degrees north latitude In Canada
. suitable for the production OF all
rops grown In England.
A Chesterville. Me-. couple recently
elebrated their golden wedding in the
rery house into which they moved on
heir wedding day hfty years before.
Almost the only monument Of the Ro
nan dominion in Egypt, the fortress OF
Babylon, At old Cairo, II being torn
bown to make way for modern build
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Kildare and wicklow have been Just
, termed the garden Of ireland. for no.
where II nature more profuse In hea
display Of the picturesque and the beau
aful.
A footman in an Englism nobleman'a
iouse testified recently that his regular
pay was $3.50 year. He also testified
nat his average "tips" amounted tt
5000 q year.
The Magma Charta, or great charter
II English liberties IL still preserved
n the British Museum. The impress OF
he seal and King Johns name are both
gery distinct.
|. A Kansas district has q written con
ract with teacher to teach the school
:hop the wood. make the dre. 0weer
md fin1 The matches for $S5 . month
The tescner Is a woman.
A mass Of eels weighing 800 pound
:iOgged the water wheel which runl
he electric light plant of Riverhead,
=. l.. the other hight. and the town wa
darkness for several hours.
OF the 4,914 seal skins brought int
Port Townsend, Wash, during the sea.
IOn just closed $3.50 were Of female
seals. an indication Of the rate at which
The seal herds are being destroyed.
The persons Of African descent in tn,
Cnited States are classified according
20 the degrees Of colored blood into
1881. $50 blacks, 958,9S9 mulattoes. 1O5..
1875 quadroons and 69,936 octoroons.
A seaweed Of the South Pacific often
grows to be thirty or forty inches In
diameter and 1850 to 1900 feet long.
II has no root In the proper sense. the
nOurishment being absorbed from the
water.
Down to the depth of 200 fathoms.
where daylight appears, the eyes of a
Ash get bigger and bigger. Beyond that
depth smali-eyed forms set in, with
long feelers developed to supplement
he eyes
Three times as many American horse.
have been sold in England this year as
were called for in 1894, and their aver
age price at the ports of shipment has
been S155. They are used chiefly for
1raft in London.
hc o1hh VI ChS ioho hhS A'Acc VI
icials on Its pay roll. which amount
% about s1,5OO.OOO a year. and 1000
clerks. If clerk is late three times he
receives warning. the fourth time he
S discharged at once.
There Is q woman contractor ant
quarry operator In Buffalo. who has
supplied stone for some of the most
important structures in the city. She
q the only woman who is an active
member Of the Buffalo Builders Ex.
:hange.
4 novel document was fled in the
office Of the county recorder at Sedalia,
No.. a few days ago. 1t is a paper
Ter daughter, Letha Asher, 8 years old.
% Mary Jane Love, Ito learn the trade
and art of housekeeping"
A thorough test is to be made in Mari
IN County. Florida, as to the adaptable.
ty Of the soil for the profitable cultiva-
ion of tobacco. 1t is estimated that
1000 acres will be planted with to-
Dacco seed from Cuba and Sumatra
Turing the present winter.
NJ. Lebeau has succeeded in obtaining
,ure glucinum from the emerald by
aea ting rhe precious stone in an electric
furnace until the Silicon Is volatilized.
The residue is combined with hydro.
auoric acid, and after a series Of puri.
lcations gives pure g.ucinup
Some people have been making q
0unt and find that not one Of the State
governors in the United States is a
Roman Catholic. There are no Roman
Catholics in the Cabinet, none In the
Supreme Court, and there never has
been one in the White House.
A Partisan had the remains Of HI
brother cremated. The ashes were put
II a leather bag, and sent by rail to his
orothers home The bag was mlslaid,
and a suit has been instituted by the
brother against the railway company
for the value Of the dead mans ashes.
A Spanish illustrated comic weekly.
La Tela Cortada c.The Cut ClOth') is
printed on cloth the size of an ordinary
handkerchief After 1t has been read
1t can be PUT in water, when the ink
will wash out and only a handkerchief
remain. The price of this novel journal
Is 5 cents.
Experiments indicate that spiders
have long range Of vision. 1t is not
always possible to tell, however, wheth-
er the lower animals perceive by sight
or hearing. or by the action air in mo-
ton has on their bodies. It is asserted
that mice are sensitive to motions OF
the air which to human ears create ns
ound whatever.
Hours and Wages.
Since fifty years ago there has been