Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-27

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PARIS artists says the best market for
them Is In America.
THEY are making perfume from
peach leaves in France.
PARIS sewers still supply rats for the
fashionable kid gloves.
EARTHQUAKES, disease, and civil war
is rapidly depopulating Peru.
A GREAT temperance movement is
going On in the British army in India.
The salary of the President of Peru
is $48, 900 but he frequently has to
throw in his head.
In London a Jew has been charged
with the murder of Jew. It is over
200 years since Jews has been hanged
in England.
AN English bookseller was lately
fined for assaulting a newspaper re-
porter who went into his store sm cling
of tobacco smoke.
ABBADIE, the great French man.
ufacturer of paper for cigarettes, re-
Gently died in Paris at an advanced age.
He left a fortune of 81, 100000.
Queen Victoria has given medals to
all whe took part in the Arctic expedi-
ton. They are of bronze and fine
specimens of artistic workmanship.
QUEEN VICTORIA goes walking in a
short dark petticoat; the heels of her
boots are not half an inch high, the
soles are broad and thick, and they are
never BACKED.
The Duke di Galliera, who died in
Italy short time ago, left fortune
Of 36,00O,O00, besides 100000 to be
devoted to improving the harbor of
his native city, Genoa.
THE Geological Museum at Warsaw
is exceedingly rich in the departmet of
higher animals. It's collections include
514 species of mammals, 3,216 of birds,
and 400 of reptiles and amphibians.
PRINCE LEOPOLD, the youngest son of
Queen Victoria, is again affected by his
old malady, swelling of the knee, and
his symptoms are said to be grave.
His health has long been precarious.
QUEEN VICTORIA delights in India
shawls and sapphires, the Empress of
Austria has a fine collection of emer-
aids, the Empress Eugene gathers tor
quoises and pearls, and ex.Queen Isa-
bella dotes on splendid array of fine
laces.
WHAT isn't there in name like
this? "The Central South African In
land Pioneering and general extension
of Commerce and Civilization and
Waste Lands Cultivation and Reclama-
ton of Land Society, Limited" Head
quarters at Natal.
OF Queen Victoria it is said that she
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favor is detected in an uncommon
fashion. The Queen has delicate and
discerning ear, and the man who
speaks with clear voice, which con-
tains the ring and cadence of honesty
and manfulness, is sure to become
personal friend.
Mr.. CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER says
when he went buying ancient coins of
the Greeks in Greece, he "looked in the
face Of handsome graybeard, who
asked me 1000 francs for silver coin,
which he said was solon, to see if
there was any guile in his eye; but
there was not. I cannot but hope that
this race, which has learned to look
honest, will soon become So"
DURING the Italian campaign a de-
tachment of skirmishers, pushing for
ward by night, came to a river. No
bridge and no ford, but without hesita-
ton officers and men swim it and sur
prise the Austrians. At daybreak the
General sees that their position is too
much exposed, and recalls the COM
mander, whom he orders to retreat
across tbs river. Glow, General?
There is neither bridge nor ford"
"Swim it p "That's impossible"
"Yet you did it last night" "Aye, but
then we we're advancing"
The Brussels journals contain an &C
count of an unsuccessful attempt to
launch flying machine constructed
by an Englishman. This machine is
similar to one which an American ex-
hibited in San Francisco during the
past summer. It is an immense kite
about fifty feet in diameter, which, On
attaining a certain height, assumes a
horizontal position and floats in the
air, car containing the aerenaut being
suspended from it. At least, the in
ventor said that it would do all this,
but as matter of fact it would not.
Ten soldiers took the cord and made
three attempts to raise the kite, but
each time it fell to the ground, after
rising to the height of thirty feet. The
spects tors jeered; the inventor said
there was not enough wind; the specta-
tors jeered again; the inventor packed
up his flying machine and walked off
very solemnly.
AN exhibition of fans is to open at
Munich on November l, 1877. It will
last three month, and will comprise
contributions from all countries. Some
remarkable specimens are promised
from different towns in Europe; that of
Gratz, in Syria, among others, will
lend the fine collection of the johanna
UNI. Nextto China, Paris paper says,
France is the country that produces the
most fans. Before the revolution there
was corporation comprising $50
masters. The seat Of the manufacture
is in the department of Disc, between
Melu and Beauvias, where more than
5000 workers gain a livelihood by
mounting Paris fans. The frames, of
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