Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-16
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.
IT is estimated that there are only
1885, 900 souls In Siberia.

IT is estimated that there are only
1885, 900 souls In Siberia.
The visitors to the Tower of London
last year paid $40, $50 in fees to see the
crown jewels.
In one week last month not less than
$50, 600, 900 was lost to England through
the wreck of vessels.
THERE are 4, 372 pawnbrokers in Great
Britain and Ireland, and it is estimated
that they take in yearly 5000, 900, 900
pledges.
WHEN Daniel O'Conne1 was arrested
in Ireland his bail was fixed at $500, 900,
and it was furnished by a rich grocer
named Ennis.
SHEEP cheese is very popular in Aus
tria, and an enterprising Austrian has
started sheep dairy near Chattanooga
with 1000 head.
THERE have been set up in the Grand
Opera House a. Paris a number of mir
rors, measuring forty-fve by fifty two
feet, and weighing from 1900 to 1,600
pounds.
EUROPE is said to use up annually 80,
Germany burns more matches than any
other country, because the people are
great smokers.
The house in which the poet Monroe
was born is now a whisky shop. Burns
native cottage is public house. Shelly
house at Great NARROW is beer shop.
The spot where Walter Scott was born is
occupied by a similar building, and
Coleridge's residence at Neither Stokly,
the very house where he composed the
code to Nightingale, is an ordinary
beer house.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Atlanta Con-
stitution, walking about Naples, sudden
ly discovered the American flag floating
at some distance from him. With a
bounding heart he hurried forward to
get better view of the dear old banner
that he had not seen for many months.
He rapidly neared the flag. He came
upon it. Then he saw that it was flying
upon peanut stand.
THE uses of paper, like the develop
ments of electricity, seem to be endless.
In Berlin some of the restaurants and
cafes have adopted plates made of paper
for serving bread and butter, rolls, cakes,
buns and similar articles. It is probable
that further use may soon be made of
so safe and cheap substitute for pottery.
In the restaurants of Holland the pretty
serviettes of thin paper, which the public
take away If they please, have been long
used.
A REMARKABLE stampede is in pro-
gress toward the Benz River, in Bolivia,
unexplored until last winter, when DIR.
E. r. Heath assembled it and discovered
vast forests of chincona and caoutchouc.
Fully 10000 men have since gone there,
and the export of rubber alone has risen
from $1,000 pounds to 5000, with
promises of 100000 next year. DIR.
Heath is sanguine of finding rich depos-
its of precious metals and medicinal
plants along the Madre de Dios.
WITH the permission of the Austrian
government 1t is reported that the Turks
are making excavations in the town of
Temesvar. The place was held by Selim
Pasha 165 years ago, when Prince Eu-
gene made successful campaign against
the Turks, and the Moslem commander,
before retreating, rolled up his jewels
and money In bullock skins and buried
the treasure, expecting to recover it
when the wave of Turkish conquest re-
turned. His countrymen have grown
impatient of waiting and have concluded
to dig under an Austrian permit.
LONDON is at present infested with
some gangs Of rufians, each consisting
of forty members and calling themselves
the forty thieves. Their organization
and training are perfect. Their modes
of approach when they have selected a
victim are marvels of dexterity, and their
codes of signals marvels of ingenuity
The number of each gang is always
maintained. When one leaves there are
many eager to take his place, SO popular
among London street boys is the profess
sion. This fact battles the police and
makes the tactics of the bands almost in
comprehensive.