Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-15
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Some flowers, like those Of the yeast
liant or Of the common mold, produce
eeds in q few hours after blooming.
A cannon ball fred from one Of the
Ireat Krupp or Armstrong guns trave1
It the speed Of z, ,ss7 feet per second.
In one year an average Of l4.002 YES.
els passed In and out Of Liverpool
while the daily average Is 120 vessels.
The following bill is posted IN large
etters at the door Of a Brussels theateri
Moral pieces every Sunday and Thurn
lay"
In East Thompson, Conn.,, ID curious
iouse, which differs from the ordinary
n being covered on the outside with
white paper instead Of clapboards o.
hingles.
"Teeth extracted. French. Spanish.
talian, German and English spoken"
3 the announcement In the show case
II a dentist on upper Sixth avenue.
lew York.
The thinnest sheet Of iron ever rolled
las surface Of fifty-flve square inches
md weighs but twenty grains. 1t would
AXE 1880 such sheets to make . layer
IN inch thick.
Sir John Bennett Lawes has revised
ais estimates, recently issued, Of the
wheat crop of the United Kingdom. he
low places the quantity Of wheat that
will be available for consumption at
S271, ,366 quarters. necessitating the
import of "a, ,2o0.OO0 quarters.
Charges are current In Barre. VT,
that certain officials connected with the
.ity government have been receiving
hush money" from a number of local
iealers and giving them protection
against raids. Prominent citizens are
that the matter be invest.
gated.
A New York newspaper. In telling the
ttory Of a man who after an absence OF
en years returned to Jersey City only
10 find his wife married to anorher
man, says that the incident duplicates
"Enoch Arden's experience 80 graph
lcally described by Henry w. Long
|!ellow.''
Rusias still refuses to accept the Gre
Eorian calendar, and has the satistac'
lion Of being a dozen days ahead OF the
whole world, and is constantly increas-
ling the lead. II the empire and Its con-
Icrvatism endure long enough. RuEsia'a
Christmas and our Fourth OF July Will
occur on the same day.
The latest oddity in Queerly colored
game brought out of the Maine woods
lis deer with a polka-dot Lido. The
ground color Of the hair Is almost snow
white, and the whole body Is dotted
with spots or blotches of red hair. The
appearance Of the animal is said t<
have been notably pretty a. well q
odd.
The United States leads oil nations II
ts educational facilities, a fact which
Is proved by the manner In which tht
people avail themselves Of these privil
eges. The report Of thte federal commits
Isioner Of education shows that IN 1891
the enrolment of pupils in public
schools was 14,O12, ,49S, and in private
schools 1,517,77O.
The skeleton of an Indian warrior a
east 6 feet 8 inches tall was found II
IMuscongus, Me-, few days ago by two
nen who were digging cellar. The
BODY had been buried In sitting pos
ure, facing east, and about 1t wert
.ound iron Implements and spear and
lrrow heads, while around the arm
bones were copper bands covered with
curious carvings
The French Government has paid The
Persian Shah $4,000 for the right t
dig up antiquities anywhere within thu
ancient empire, and the bargain Ii re
garded as an excellent one for thu
western nation. Several Of tho Erea
cities of the Bible lie buried there, ant
Iarchaeologists think that they contain
better treasure trove than the worlt
has ever gained from the Orient
In Germany e,e2e cases Of diphtheril
ihave been treated by serum inocula
Itfon, 2,46O of them in hospitals, accord
Iirg to a report of the government
medical department. OF these S6.6 Pc
lcent recovered, 1919 per cent. died, an&
the rest were still under treatment Th'
remarks attached to the reports Of tn
lcases were highly favorable to tn
Urea tment In 4,S71 and unfavorable u
sixty.
A traveller in Japcp says that the Jap
lanese tramp takes his hot bath dali!
| II he has q fraction Of cent to pay TO
lit or his cold bath II he hasn't cent
He carries Q comb, tothpick, q razo
land q tooth brush In a little bundle
A few japanese tramps might well b
introduced as missionaries in the Amer
lean brotherhood, whose members d.
not seem to appreciate what Heanlinea
l. "next to"
The proposition to merge the home
stead Of the poet Whittier, at Ames
bury, Mass., into q memorial open Z
the public, mention Of which has here
Itofore been made, Il being receive,
with general favor in Eastern Nterar.
circles. 1t Is desired to have the home
stead remain intact just a. Mr.. Whit
tier left it. The poet went to Amesbur.
In 1880, and there he wrote all hi
greatest poems.
! OF the 4,o14 sealskins brought INT
Port Townsend, Wash, during the sea
son Just closed. $3.50 were Of femal
seals, IN indication Of the rate at whic
The zeal herds are being destroyed. !
is said by those who have been win th
| sealing fleets that more than half Of Ii
females killed were either nursing pup
/ or were graved. The skins brought int
i Port Townsend only represent abou
one eighth Of the total catch Of seaain
Aeets.
Near Mead's lumber station. twelv
miles from Ashland, KY, Robert Jer
kins accidentally shot and fatal
wounded Charley Gudgel, while hun
ing Wild turkAYa The men had eep0l