Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-12-15

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- AAo SNeioySol l14ypt9 Is an afoeH Hs
promoter. of education. The sum u
500, 600 having lately been raised t.
erecta monument to himself, he uses
the money to found public school a,
Alexandria. 7sA
A baby came TO "a family in Mainr,
last week, and bright FIVE year old
| brother, patting it playfully under ,bt
chin, inquired, :" Say, bow was Coo
when you ileft?D- Portzand Argus 8
The young daughter of the Dnke Of
Alba, brether-in-law to the Impress
Ensenie has recently married fht
Duke de Medinaccli, said to be tht
wealthiest man in Spain. Among the
splendors of the brides .trousseau ma,
be mentioned sixty elegant .handkeT-
chiefs, one dozen of which cost $24OO.
The mere embroidering OF the dncal
arms on this dozen cast $l4O0.s
$ THERE is NOV ement on foot in. q
England to establish s.village school
kitchens. The scheme has been
found to work well 10 some IN
stances. The elder girls are told af
tor the purpose and work rtogether, sik
at a time, two as cooks and four .s
kitchen maids The meat cooked u
sold at low price, sometimes to the
parents of the children at the school.
sometimes to such Of the scholars =
come from distance and are glad 70
be spared the burden Of carrying ths;r
dinners with them. The cooking u
carried on on certain day. and 50 we'll
has the work been arranged with re-
spect TO the other sckool occupatious.
tn the needle work and general eE-
fciency Of the scholars has not Suffer-
ed in the least, and they have been es-
pecially commended for their culinary
triumPhs by the diocesan inspector.
1t appears that William B. Astor
did not, after all, ignore charity in his
will, as was at first reported To fonr
Of his employees he gave $500 each,
provided they should be in his emptss
at the time of his death, and 40 .OgU TO
benevolent institutions, as follows: 49,
To the American Bible Society, $ll,,eoo. .
To the Society for the Relief OF Resuec.
able Aged lndigent Females, $1,000.
TO the Institution for the Blind, $5.ooe.
TO the N. 7. Lying-in Asylum, Sc, 600. S
To the Ladies' Repository, $5. 900. 4s
To the exempt Firemen's Benevolent
Fund OF the Volur teer Department. $40. D.ppp.
The Astor Library was liberaily
provided for from time to time durinr
the life Of the testator, and 500 900
more is given to it. The family seems
to take especial pride in creditably
maintaining this most noble institution
founded by it.
AN infant trapeze performer was re-
Gently rescued from his uniting
life by the officers of the Society
tor the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. The little acrobat, who
is about seven years old, was perform-
ing upon tight-rope with balancing
pole on the stage of the Tivoh Theatre,
in New YORK. The officers of the So
ciety and Mr.. Bergh himself, were sit
ting among the audience. Suddenly
the little boy appeared behind the
scenes; and when the matter was ex-
planned, the audience expressed their
sympathy by burst Of applause, The
child ard his reputed father were taken
before justice, and lengthy investi-
cation followed. What will be the
final decision in the case of "Prinse
Leo" is not at this time of writins
known, but there is no doubt that the
efforts made to rescue little cbildren
from hard task-masters will result ia
great relief to the sufferers.
THE expedition which is exploring
the vast and hitherto almost un Known
| OEe6nokee Swamp, in Georgia. has
discovered that there are no extensive
lakes on the east side of the swamp, as
has hitherto been believed The sup
posed lakes are in fact prairies covered
| with swamp grass, and forming In the
rainy season wide sheets of water.
Among these swamp prairies are ele-
vations resembling islands in a sea,
and covered with growth of trees.
The soil Of the islands is very rich.
There are only two small lakes in thu
prairies though open spaces am
to be found. varying from twent5
to twenty-five feet in diameter.
frequently very deep, and always ee=-
cred With growth Of water liliss.
The party spent sometime in traoi1x
the stream known - Double Braashaa,
which is about Fifty feet wide. aud ~
sluggish current. The stream e.
ters the swamp at its northern exeea-
ity, and continues its course -abouk
midway, and is evidently the chasssi
for the waters of Alligator or Gna
Swamp creeks and other streams snk
run into the great morass It Is ~
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