Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-21
Foreign Notes.

. Lam L VAIN draws Inc audiences OF
Slr Samuel Baker right away from him
e IT is proposed in England to con-
struct an eighty ton rified gun.
ENGLISH war-ships and steamers will
not sail from port on a Friday. but
the mail lines to America are obliged to.
The London Times says that Eng
land has never yet produced a great
man who wasn't always in debt up to
his ears. rga.
/ DURING the month of November
there were ninety-seven new companies,
with nominal capital of $11O, 600, 900.
registered in London. tE.a 49,,
FRENcHMEN are Mortified to find that
forged decorations CT the Legion
d 'HOnneur have been sold for a long
time past in one of the interior de-
partments.
A TRUST company has been estab-
lished in London, with capital of
1000, 900 pounds sterling, for the pur-
pose of dealing with American munich
pal bonds,
The cost of the London Underground
Railway for building and equipment,
was 91,OO0, 600 per mile. It wouldn't
do to import many at that rate.
The editor of the London Hour, who
died the other day, willed that the
paper should always be held by his
kin, never change its name, and that
the price should always be the same.
A LONDON geologist has just discov-
cred the fossil remains of bird which
had teeth. It is thought to have been
web-footed and an eater of fish. Es
ABOUT seventy thousand tons of grain
have been stored by the Government
in Bengal, in order to avert the threat
ened famine. Even though the famine
be checked, there will be distress IN
many districts of India on account of
the high prices of grain. '.9 ~
THE Budget Commission of the
French National Assembly propose to
open credit of 6O9,258 francs for the
provisional fitting of the new opera
house. A further credit of $500, 900
francs will provide the costumes, must
cal instruments, &c. ........... .
A BOMBAY newspaper says that
among the hill people it is a common
practice to place the infants beneath a
constant jet of water. conveyed through
bamboo spout from a mountain
stream, SO that the water falls upon
the head of the child, which goes to
sleep under this cooling influence and
sleeps for hours at a time. The water
is believed to strengthen the brain and
make the children not only very
healthy, but hardy and fearless. 70 cas- q
The wooden pavement is in great fa-
vor III London. It is liked because it
affords a good foothold for horses, is
noiseless, smooth and easily kept clean.
! The great drawback, of course, is it's
perishable nature. But on the retail
! dry goods streets and in the old parts
Of the city, all around "the Bank"
the taxpayers express a willingness to
bear the expense, Of renewal once in
every five or six years for the sake of
comfort for it's use.
| SPECIMENS of Canadian meat have
been exhibited at Liverpool. It was
killed two days before the vessel sailed
from Montreal, and was then frozen
and stored in cool, dry place on board,
with the most satisfactory result. it
proving so perfectly fresh that it had
the appearance of having been killed
only a few days previously. A COM
pany is to- be organized to introduce
| this meat into England. -....f ..... OF.
| A CURIOUS mode of fish Matching is
said to be followed in China Having
collected the necessa ~ spawn from the
waters edge, the fishermen place a GER
tain quantity in an empty hens egg,
which is sealed up with wax and put
under setting hen. After some days,
they break the egg and empty the fry
into water we'll warmed by the sun,
and there nurse them until they are
sufficiently strong to be turned into
lake or river. . .-- r-. i .ss-...
A CURIOUS discovery has just been
made in the mountainous parts of the
Caucasus, where an immense stratum
of native sulphate of soda (Glauber's
SALTY has been found at depth of six
feet, one and half of which pertained
to a bed of mari, and three more to one
of moist clay, after which came de-
post Of bituminous earth, also about
foot and half in depth. The thick
ness of the stratum of salt is 80 feet in
depth, and has horizontal extent Of
several acres. The impurities it con-
tains do not exceen 9 per cent. in the
worst parts. mn zs ge
A NEW method of killing horned cattle
has been introduced in Europe, which,
it is said, largely reduces the possibil-
ity of infictlng unnecessary torture
upon the animals. An iron mask, like
a continuous blinker. is placed on the
bullock's head, SO arranged as to close
the animals vision, and to make hole
or socket in the middle of the mask
corresponding to the spot III the center
of the forehead whereon blow lmme-
diately causes insensibility. A hollow
nail OF peculiar form, made to fit the
socket, and having large head, is then
readily slipped in its place, and single
blow of very moderate strength drives
it instantly home, and causes death too
rapidly to ALLOW of any suffering.