Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13
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Each British soldier costs his country
$500 every year.
Patents are issued by siIty-four gov
ernments in the world.
French tradeSmen in New York have
organized q French chamber Of com
merce.
A dramatic college for ladies is short
~ to be started In one of the suburbs OF
London.
Tho largest Krupp guns have q
range of seventeen miles and fire two
shots a minute.
During the Franco-P -Prussian war the
cost to the French nation Of each
Prussian killed was 100000.
At the present moment out Of the
seventy-one members of the Irish ma
tionalist party ten are Protestants.
The shipbuilding concern Of Sir w.
G. Armstrong & Co., limited, Of Glas.
gov. will establish a plant in Japan.
A white buzzard was lately shot in
Texas having on Its neck q bell mark
ed "1S6O' and "Ralls County. Mis-.
souri,"
Kangaroos are such a plague in Aus
tralla that tie government pays q
bounty of s pence for each animal that
is killed.
The Boston Park Commissioner, II
is alleged. will permit the sale Of beer
and light wines In the public parks
this summer.
nam, Mrs. Lucy L. Deckery. died In
Bangor, Me-. q few days ago. at the
age Of so years.
Exports Of copper pyrites from Spain
last year fell on nearly $1,000 tons as
compared with 1894, the figures being
5O4, ,4O7 tons and 541, 800 tons respec
lively.
The Supreme Court Of New York has
decided that a surgeon making an
autopsy without the permission Of the
relatives OF the deceased Is liable to be
sued for damages.
The bank statistics of ireland for
1895 are the most satisfactory ever re-
corded, and show that Ireland has but
to be let alone to attain a thoroughly
sound economic condition.
There is a 5-year-Old girl in Detroit
who plays on the piano and composee
pieces. She wakes up the family be-
fore breakfast and often arouses them
ia the middle Of the night.
The statue Of Lord Byron; which has
just been unveiled by King George at
Athens, represents the poet advancing
with outstretched arms to meet Greece,
who holds out to him a laurel crown.
1t is understood that the government
of New Zealand will Introduce q meas
ure for the exclusion Of consumptive
persons on the snme lines as that deal
ing with smallpox. making masters of
ships liable.
One of the new schemes for passen-
ger transportation in New York is to
make one fare good from the upper
end Of the city to the eastern limits Of
Brooklyn, including passage across the
East River bridge.
Physical strength Is highly rated in
Switzerland. In several cantons the
customs still prevails of holding wrest-
ling matches. Tho champions taking
part in these athletic sports belong to
the most diverse ranks in the social
scale.
Tesla says 1t is unnecessary to con-
struct q geometrical figure to attract
the attention Of the Inhabitants Of
Mars. 1t Is possible now to generate
artificial thunder and lightning and
great electric sparks with q gap Of
q mile.
The ruby In the center Of tho Maltese
cross on top Of the British crown 10 the
stone that was given to the Black
Prince by King Pedro Of CASTLE after
the battle Of NeJara. Henry v. Of
England wore 1t in his helmet ut the
battle Of Agincourt.
Whereas" reads a notice printed in
the Biddeford (Me) Journal. my hus-
band, Amas, has left my bed and board
without any cause. Caution all wimin
taking up with him, a. am the third
one that he has broughte to obstruction
to my knolidge."
st. Petersburg is excited over the
Of Prince Mcstcbasuky,
of the CNshda min, by two sons
Of an official VINO felt insulsed by an
article in the nswspar>r. The young
men my tlcy whipped the pelacs, bet
he says that he t.rnsi them out Of his
house without being struck.
The dromedary parcel post service In
the German territories Of Southwest
ern Africa has given better results than
were expected. The dromedaries are
adapted to the climate, are not affected
by the prevalent cattle diseases, are
not made footsore in stony regions and
do not suffer extreme thirst when de.
prived Of water for Q week.
They say that the X rays give an in
faillhle test for diamond. They pass
right through the genuine stone, while