Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-02-02
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The skin Of the kangaroo. when prop
riy tanned, never breaks.
The word boycott has now got int
most Of the foreign languages.
Ninsty-ssvea out of every hundred
Arctic explorsrs have returned alive.
Americans are said to have the poor
sst teeth Of any people in the world
Plants grow faster between 4 and
q. m. than at any time during the day.
The thinnest, and at the same time
one Of the toughest, feathers tanned IL
frogs skin.
An apparatus has been perfecte1 that
will spin q kind Of silk from the fbrous
stalks Of nettles.
Switzerland has the unenviable dis
dnction Of having a larger percentage
Of lunatics than any other country.
Hospital statistics prove that ampu-
tatiOn is four times as dangerous after
the age of 50 as before.
Property is said to be so safe in Fin
land that packages left unguarded any.
where are hardly ever touched.
German locomotive engineers receive
q gold medal and $500 for every ten
years Of service without accident.
Eating matches are common among
the villages Of Alaska. He who eats the
most Is considered the man of great
est distinction.
In Asia the average number of in
habitlnts per square mile is forty
eight; in Africa, fifteen: in America.
eight: in Australia, one.
Thirteen crimes were punishable by
death when Queen Victoria ascended
the throne. To-day there are but two
treason and murder.
Bleeding at the nose, doctor has dis
covered, can be quickly stopped by
plunging the feet and hands in water
as hot as can be endured.
Statistics prove that nearly two
thirds of the letters carried by the
worlds postal services are written, sent
20. and read by English-speaking peo-
pie.
In Hindostan, when the parents of a
baby cannot agree upon a name, two
lamps are placed over the names. The
one over which the lamp is brighter 10
that which is chosen.
The arrangement Of the trees in Blen-
helm Park, the seat of the Duke OF
Marlborough, is said to represent the
position Of the troops in the great bat
- 81,
A man who is well up in dog lore ad-
vises intending purchasers of puppy
to let it's mother choose for them. In
carrying them back to their bed the
first that the mother picks up will al
ways be her best.
At q wedding recently celebrated the
bride, bridegroom, best man and brides
maid were all deaf and dumb. The
bridal pair nodded their Il WILL" and
pledged their troth by pointing to the
words in rneir payer pvoKs.
Some Chinese phrases read very
queerly; thus cheese is known as Cow
milk cake;" slippers are termed drag
Shoes q cigar, stick of smoke-leaf;;'
a match, 'self-come fire." and black
tea, it appears, Is called thunder tea" )"
It is q strange fact that, while the
teeth Of the negro slaves on the old
plantations were remarkable for their
whiteness, those of the freed negro Of
the present day are in an infinitely
worse condition than those of his white
brothers. This is owing entirely to ths.
ShangU Of dIet, lid the colored mans
weakness for sweetmeats.
The whole of a recent sitting of the
japanese Parliament was devoted to
considering whether a member had not
violated parliamentary etiquette by at
tending the opening in frock coat In
stead of the regulation dress suit. FL
naIly the offending member was sol
emnly warned of his 'fndlscretiOn."
just escaping being handed over to the
disciplinary committee.