Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-06-25

REMARKABLE SAGACITY OF AN ELE-
PHANT.--In the Jdrdan des PEantes, at
Parls, an elephant had been turned out of
ms mouse to allow of chase of the rats
mat devoured his food. The rats ran
ABOUT in all directions, and while the
elephant was STOPPING to pick ND d morsel
VI oread which one of the crowd had
1iiloWh 70 nm, rat, fancying he saw
Iioails vi escape, took refuge in the in
| eerlor OF ms trunk. The elephant made
II anllc enorts 10 relieve himself of his un
"sioolIe VlslIor, but in vain. Suddenly
| he paused and seemed to. reflect tbnn 10
went to his basin, filled, his Trunk wifi
water, and amid the great excitement Of
| the lookers-on, elected the water and tho
unfortunate rat with one sublime effort
ACCORDING to the Pan NAL Gazette the
working men of England are comino to
the United States and Canada this snriin 10
in swarms. The exodus from LivernooI
promises to be the largest on record. The
| number Of intending emf grants which
daily reach that city is so great that the
lodging house keepers find it difficult to
accommodate them, and the consequence
is that large numbers have to be Temporal
lily lodged until such times as vacancies
occur In the customary lodging houses
1t is computed that from fourteen to six
| teen thousand migrants have sailed from
| the Mersey this spring, In thirteen steam
ers, for the United Stares and Canadian
ports. The Pail Mall Gazette is astonished
at these facts, not being able to see why
the working classes of England and Ger
many should not stay where they were
born. Intelligent citizens of the United
States will see no mystery in this tide of
emigration flowing toward country
where land is cheap, work plenty, wages
high, and freedom without unnatural re-
strictions.
| A ScoUNDREL AND TooTH-PULLER.-
| A sufferer writes to the Summary Herald, of
Indianapolis, and complains of quack
dentist who recently came there and took
large number of orders for good, full
sets of false teeth at 81 per set His trade
was lively and he "yanked" every old
snag on the street, leaving a large number
of the residents toothless, and, getting his
money, informed them that several days
would have to elapse before they could
wear the new teeth, as he would be obliged
to make them, and then he wanted their
gums to get well. For a week obey ate
nothing but Cruel and spoon victuals,
vainly looking for the tooth carpenter.
AS he failed to put in an appearance, one
old lark became impatient, and whitfield q
set of teeth out of pine board, and put
them in, but the first drink of whisky he
took set fire to them, and before he could
spit them out the flames and turpentine
ran down his throat and killed him All
of which goes to prove that the cheapest
is not always the best.
The army Signal-office has made pre-
parations for very great extension Of it's
valuable system of reports of the height
OF rivers, particularly of all those opening
into the Mississippi. Over twenty-five
stations are now established at suitable
points Oh these rivers, especially, of
course, on the Ohio, Missouri, and Missis-
sippi. They are provided in some in
stances with automatic self-recording ap-
paratus, and at all other places the obseH-
walton of the height of the water is taken
eight times daily when floods are appre-
hended. By this most beautiful system
every wave of high water is accurately
followed in its course down stream, and
the approach Of dangerous high floods is
easily foretold by the repeated Geographic
reports The system of river reports,
which has been in operation during the
past year, has given such universal salts
faction to those navigating the Western
waters that the demand for increased
facilities can only be met by this new and
| far more elaborate system of stations.
| SINGULAR CAUSE OF FIRE-A legal gen
| tleman, in one of our large Eastern cities,
upon entering his office one summer morn
| ing, found the loose papers on his table
just starting into light flame, which sur
| prised him greatly, as there was no fire in
the room at that time, neither was it ap-
parent how they could have ignited from
| any external cause, the windows being
closed. This happened several mornings
| in succession, but one day he arrived at
his Office earlier than usual and succeeded
in detecting the origin of the fire. Sitting
at his table, he felt burning sensation
upon one of his hand, which gradually in
| creased until it became insupportable;
and on looking at the window through
which the sun was shining, he noticed
that one of the panes Of glass had a bub-
BILE or flaw in it, which served to concen-
trate the rays of light in the same manner
as burning glass, and with sufficient
| power to ignite paper in a few minutes.
The dangerous pane was at once removed,
and with it the cause of mysterious
| confagration."
| A SECOND SAM PATCH-About two
o'clock Sunday afternoon a man named
George Watson, a carpenter, was strolliug
he suddenly took it into his head to Guido
Sam Patch's famous leap from the Fa;ss
SO he deliberately climbed up on the iron
bridge which crosses the chasm, and be-
fore any one could prevent had jumped off
the dizzy height, and sped through dis
| lance Of fully eighty feet to the boiling
flood below. A number of persons saw
the fearful leap and hurried to the spot,
expecting to see dead body floating on
the water, but to their establishment Wat
son cameup safely but soberly, and hastily
clambered upon the large square rock be
low the bridge, where he sat covering and
shivering with alright at his foolhardi-
ness. He was too much unstrung to swim
| across the basin to dry land. and SO had to-
| try to Chamber up through the narrow crew
ice near by. A large crowd soon gathered,
with every appliance to extricate him
| from his precarious situation. Watson
was completely exhausted when drawn
out by his friends.-Paterson IN. IT, Guar
i dian.