Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-15
Items in General.

S4IRLY DARE, who writes readable letters
from Washington, for several papers, is
Miss Susan Dunning, of Columbus, Wis.
IT COST California jury $50 apiece tC
come joke on the court, by agreeing to
disagree"
A COUNTRY journal says: "When you
see little boy sitting on the earth picking
slVers out of his heels, you may know that
the frost is out of the ground"
AN Indianian, who is afflicted with a
kleptomania for stealing horses. says that
he shall be perfectly satisfied if he can
only die tho back of a stolen horse, and
the neighbors guarantee that he shall if
they ever catch him in the act.
SMOKING. when first introduced into the
north of Europe, was considered so perni-
cious practice that kings and potentates
endeayored, by the most rigorous penalties,
to suppress it. Christian w., of Denmark,
inflicted heavy fines upon smokers. In
Russia their noses were cut off, and the
Grand Duke of Muscovy even hanged them.
A CITIZEN of Maine owns balky horse,
which recently stopped on the highway,
reared and broke the wagon, and fell to the
ground, Securing the animal in his fallen
state, the owner sat down on the wreck,
took pocket Testament from his pocket
and read several chapters, after which, re-
pairing damages, he harnessed up again
and drove On triumphantly without swear
ing.
A New YORKER engaged in the work of
fitting women for dressmakers, says it is
impossible TO get good help to do this work,
and the establishments are obliged to en-
ploy men in n work that should be confined
to women He adds that the boys and girls
of the present age are unwilling 10 learn
trades, and fit themselves for positions
which they might fill at good wages. A
practical tailor in this city informs us that
not single boy of American birth is learn
ing that trade here, and in the United States
the number so engaged is limited to a
dozen, and yet practical tailor, who un-
derstands his business, can command al
most any wages he DESIRES and always find
numberless situations open for him.
UNCLE JACK ORR, an aged African of pure
blood, died few days ago at Louisiana,
Mo. He claimed to have been the son of
an African king. He was one of the regu-
larry imported Africans before the closing
up the slave trade about the year 1903, and
was purchased from on board the slave ship
at Charleston and brought to the then ter
says he was tending his fathers flock of
goats on the commons of the village when
a company of slave robbers came along
mounted on camels. They seized and tied
him, took him behind one of the party and
carried him off to the seacoast with many
others, and that was the last he ever saw
of friends or home.
/ SCIENCE is worried about the sun, which
! is now said to be as spotted as q small .pox
victim. It is said that now the sun has on
its face eighteen large spots and number
less smaller ones, and they occupy posi-
tlons as follows: six on the northwest and
eight on the southeast quarters, the Other
| four being on the northeast quarter. These
spots are evidently no little jokers, unless
science is all at fault, for the largest and
there are several more about the same SIZE
covers an area of 800, 900, 900 of square
miles. AS these spots are cavities eater
J into Old Soils bowels, each of the large
ones would take in five of our little worlds
and then have room to spare for Mexico
The combined area of all the spots or cavi
ties is about one-one hundred and thirtietl
of the perpendicular area presented to III
by the sun. It is thought these spots hay'
something to do with the cool weather w
are having, and well they may, if science
not mistaken and they are really there.
FRANCE-A Poor JoKE.-M. Jules Ler
Inina a writer in the Gaulois who latel
amused himself by reading at publ
meeting the draft of a p1ebiscite sentencing
the Emperor to Imprisonment with har
labor for life, had been tried for his pleas
antry, and condemned to twoyears' imprie
onment and fine of 100000 His counse
argued in vain that, the pEebiscite being a.
appeal to the sovereign people, the Empire
(tor all but necessary executive purposes
was suspended during the plebiscitary pc
riod. The tribunal Immediately afterwar
sentenced NJ. Lissagaray to years impris
onment and /, ,000f. for speech at an cleo
toral meeting, and punished less severel
another eulprit.