Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-20
FROM OVER THE SEA.

THE piano on which the "Wacht am
Rhein y was improvised by its composer,
Carl Wilhelm, has Just been sold at Ber-
lin for $500.
The Austrian Railway Club has nearly
500 members. 1t directs in Vienna q
railway school, to the cost of which Aus
trian railways contribute.
DURING the past twelve months Ameri-
can newspapers have been received by
mail in England at the rate of more than
%, 900 day, or 100000 a year.
The English are making rapid prog
ress In vegetaIlanism, and IN some OF
the large towns dining-rooms have been
opened where no flesh food is served.
RENTS in Scotland still continue to
fall. A large farm in Berwlckshlre was
recently relet at So, 900, after having for
many years commanded 81, $50. This is
a reduction of about So per cent. The
conditions of the new lease are said, IN
addition, to be very liberal.
SCOTLAND is not great in territory,
but the making of an ordnance survey
there has been the work of thlrty-seven
years. The survey was completed last
week, and the surveying staff has been
withdrawn. During the last few years
nearly a hundred men have been en-
ployed in the work.
ONE of the rarest of coins has turned
up at Brunn, in Moravia. 1t is silver
piece, hearing on one side a portrait in
relief of Attila, the famous king of the
Huns, with the inscription "Attila Rex, l"
and on the other the outlines of forti-
fed place, with the word 'Aquileja. !"
It's age is about l, 400 years:
The favorite dog of the late Emperor
Alexander of Russia, which accompanied
him on all his travels, died of old age
lately at Pau, in the apartments of the
Princess Dolgorouki, the emperor's
widow, who had cared for the creature
since his masters death. A marble slab
is to mark his resting place.
The Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia,
at present in Paris, possesses herculean
strength. AS an evidence of it, it is re-
lated that when he visits one of his init
mate friends and does not find him at
home he is accustomed, instead Of leav
ing his card, to leave q piece of silver
money, which he doubles with his
fingers as easily as if it were a bit of
card board.
The advanced republicans of France,
who already have civil marriages and
civil funerals, are now beginning to prac-
tice civil baptism. A fortnight ago, at a
village in the Indre-et-L Loire, the mayor
ofhciated, and pouring some white wine
on the child's head, pronounced the
words: 'PierTe Victor, baptize thee
in the name of liberty, equality, fra
ternity. V5Ue la RepubJiQue. "
In some parts of Spain where butter
is rare article of merchandise it is sold
not by the pound, but by the yard. 1t
is brought from the mountain districts
in sleeps intestines, like sausages that
are :" tied off" with string in lengths as
required by the buyer. To travellers
butter by the inch seems rather curious
bargaining; the product is usually
neither palatable nor particularly clean.
PARIS is about to adorn itself with
another work IN sculpture. GUstaye
Crank has been at work for the last two
years on a marble sarcophagus in
memory of Admiral de Coligny, now
finished, and described as singularly
beautiful and original. Coligny is repre-
scented as standing erect, supported by
the Fatherland and by Religion. The
monument will be unveiled behind the
Temple de POratoire, In the Rue de
Rivoli.
A SCOTCH doctor has won three mill
lion francs at Monte Carlo, according to
the London Truth. Noticing that some
numbers came up more often than others
at the roulette tables, he came to the
conclusion that the cylinders must be
faulty, and by the employment of pro-
fessional piquers he discovered the
numbers that had come up most fire.
quently during the space of a week at
two of the tables, and these he backed
with the result stated.
PERSONS interested in the higher edu-
cation of women Will be glad to know
that Girton College, Cambridge, Eng
land, has outgrown its accommodation,
and the building is to be enlarged.
The fees paid by students defray current
expenses, but the expenditure entaIed
by this addition to the capacity of the
college must be met by outside contri-
buttons. The success Of the institution
viii doubtless render an appeal to the
public readily productive Of generous
assistance