Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-08-23
ACROSS THE SEA.

LAVA from Vesuvius is said to make
the best pavement in Europe.
4 FRENCH paper says the English
soldiers clear their Threats of dust by
taking teaspoonfuls Of sifted sugar.
A POLICE officer III Germany, while in
uniform, is not allowed, under any cir
cumstances, to carry parcel Ii the
streets, or any sort of burden, except a
prisoner.
In February the Rhine sunk to the low
est level recorded this century. 1t is now
exceptionally high. The first steam
boat appeared on it In 1918. The feet
now consists of 800 steam and $500 sail
ing craft.
A MARBLE bust of Frank auckland,
the lamented naturalist, has been placed
at the entrance of the fish museum,
South Kensington, London. The bust
was carved by J. Warrington Wood, of
the Villa Campagna, Rome, and is said
to be an excellent portrait of Mr.. Buck
land.
Mr.. SMITH, Scotch laird, has be-
queathed the whole of his property,
about $500, 900, to his servants, shep-
herd receiving the bulk. This FORUM
ate legatee has agreed to pay S137, 600
to the heir at law and other relatives,
who whould otbe9 Use attempt to break
the will,
NEAR the end of July snow appeared
III the English Channel off the coast of
Kent. A steamer Old her way from Ham
burg to Havre passed into and through
a veritable snow-storm there about 10
O'Clock in the morning. 1t remained 10
minutes in the storm. The ship was 20
miles out to sea.
The new opera-house in Frankfort-on-
the-Main illustrates the manner in
which electricity now enters into the con-
7eniences of daily life. It there serves
as a ire-alarm, door-closer, heat-in-
dicator, a lift measurer for the ventilator,
a general illumination, and time beaten
for the orchestra.
An English agricultural journal an
noUnces that the apple crop there is
comparatively a failure this year; in
France poor half-crop is calculated
upon: In Germany one-third crop only;
IL Holland only half a crop, and IN Bel
GUM not half a crop. The prospects are,
therefore, very favorable for shipments
from America to England.
In is proposed to practically abolish,
by cutting twenty feet wide and twenty
feet deep, the narrow istknnus which,
dividing the east and west lochs of Tar
bert, Scotland, unites the Null of Kin
tyre to the mainland. Such a canal
would give direct passage from the
Clyde to the A tlantic, saving about 115
miles IN thevoyage to the west and north
of Scotland.
The son of Jewish rabbi has been
found guilty of forgery at Exeter, IN
England, after a trial lasting two days.
He had advanced small loan of money
at so per cent. interest, and attempted
afterward to put In an execution under a
bill of sale, the signature to which had
been forged. The prisoner, his name
being Harris Miniski, was sentenced to
twelve months imprisonment at hard
labor.
4 SULPHUR mine in Sicily was recently
set on fire III very curious manner. A
wagon loaded with sulphur was being
drawn up an incline, when the rope sup
porting it broke, and the wagon rushed
back into the mine at frightful speed.
The rapid motion developed heat enough
to set on fire the highly combustible ore.
and the flames spread so quickly through
the mine that thirteen workmen were
unable to escape, and thirty or forty
others were seriously injured.
One of the balloons sent up IN Paris
on July Il exploded at 1000 feet. and
the 9eronaUts were precipitated to the
ground with terrific force, but without
any loss of life Or serious injury. They
were saved by their car becoming sus..
pended Id a gap between two houses.
The catastrophe was produced by their
imprudence, having placed their canvas
III net which was not quite large
enough. The inferior part of the cam
vas, being left unprotected, exploded
when If was filed by the expansion of
the gas.
PARIS lost last month one of her best
known men about the town, in Henry
Delaage. He dwelt for forty years in the
same apartment, rented when he first
took it, at s. a month. His breakfast
was simply cup of coffee and cigar;
but for dinner he usually had two or
three invitations TO choose from. After
dinner, he lOunged around behind the
scenes of the smaller theatres until II
A. NJ, when he joined his friend Henri de
Pene, a journalist, to whom he recounted
the chat be had heard during the dav. His
special variety was to be regarded as the
intimate of celebrities. His funeral
was attended by some of these, including
Dumas.
THE windmill is used more in Hol-
land than in any other country. That
country operates her grain mills, some
Of them containing three or four run Of
large stones, by wind power, and pumps
out her submerged territory by the
utilization of the same natural force.