Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-20
WINNOWINGS.

AN elephant would eat ST worth of
fodder per day if he could get it.
@. P. BAILEY, of San Jose, Cal. has
5000 AngOra goats on a ranch in Ne
Vada, and last year shipped 10000
pounds of mohair at sixty cents per
pound.
ALWAYS eat your food slowly, masti-
cate well, sit down to your meal in good
humor, as you go to bed, smiling and
peaceful. Keep good natured and never
indulge in anger. This is the way to in
sure digestion, sound sleep and long life.
A BEGGAR woman who died the other
day in Newburyport, Mass, left writ
ten request that she should be buried in
q mahogany coffin. A handbook con-
tanning a considerable deposit was
found among her effects, and her request
was complied with.
THE Pine Bluff (Ark.) Press Eagle
says that Prof. Edward Paine of the
Smithsonian Institute. who is examining
the Indian mounds in the state, has
found one in Drew County which con-
tains the skeletons of seventy-fve human
beings and many interesting relics.
IT is noted that Sin Georgia an acre
of land, which in 1880 produced only
500 pounds of seed cotton, was manfred
by having fifty sheep penned on it
twenty nights, and in 1881 it produced
l 800 pounds of seed cotton. This vir-
tually tripled the annual value of the
land"
FABULOUS tales are told of the fertility
of the soil of Whatcom County, Wash
ington Territory. A resident states that
one cloverfeld which was cut three times
during the past year, produced in all
eleven tons of hay to the acre, and that
a field of potatoes yielded on an average
700 bushels per acre.
IT is affirmed that the cost of produc-
ing the edition de latae of Thackeray's
works was between $75, 900 and $780,
900, sum which is not included in the
original outlay for the steel plates and
wood cuts, an item of at least $780, 900
in itself. In the matter Of the China
paper there was a very large waste.
something like 50, 900 pieces being can
celed as unfit for use.
VICTOR HUGO, having once acclaimed
on the unity of the race, was asked
whether he would like to bangle q
mulatto grandchild on his knee. "No,"
said he, 81 should not; but I would not
prevent marriage between a daughter
Of mine and negro; and I should re-
fleet, II such marriage took place, that
In the third generation touch Of the
tar brush is beauty"
A CALIFORNIA blacksmith was pairing
down the hoofs of an old family nag.
which had grown very long, leaving hol-
low grooves beneath their outer rims.
On cutting away this hollow shell six
young living mice were found slowed
away in the covered cavity. How they
got there is more of a problem than
how the apple got into the dumping,
or the chicken into the egg.
The Mount Hamilton observatory,
established by bequest Of the late James
Lick, of California, is finished, with the
exception of the big telescope, the lenses
for which are now being manufactured.
An accident has unfortunately happened
to the crown disk of the object lens. It
was successfully cast by Fiel in October
and broke while being made ready for
shipment, SO that new cast will have
to be made. The other disk of the OBJ
ject lens is now being ground at Boston.
In Washington County, Ga, Ephraim
Il
ing, accidentally threw a loaded gun
down that was standing in the house,
causing it to go off and shooting Caro-
lines four children. A baby three years
old was shot In the abdomen, both feet
and ankles; boy eight years old in
both thighs, legs and feet; one girl of
twelve years in each calf of the leg, and
girl sixteen years old was shot in the
forehead. The babyis not likely to live,
WILLIAM WEIGH, young man, died
III Pittsburg, Pa, from the effects of
cuts inflicted by friend named William
Lewis, in drunken fight. The last
hours of WEIGH were terrible. The
agony from his wounds was intense, but
he paid no attention to this or to the
tears of his friends. He seemed to have
but one desire, and that was to recover
in order that he might be avenged on
Lewis. With frightful oaths he cursed
the fate that made the accomplishment
of his vengeance impossible, and vir-
tually died with an oath on his lips.
Lewis has not been seen since the fatal
ARRAY took place, but officers are search
ing for him.
A CALIFORNIA man has solved the
problem of accel Grating charges by the
construction of gun with three cham
bers for powder so that the flash from
one discharges the others In succession,
the explosive force of the second and
third being applied to the bullet after
the first has started it. In the expert
ments a gun with an inch and a half
bore sent steel bullet through an iron
target four and half inches thick at a
distance of 100 yards. An old 5O-calibre
carbine, altered, sent steel bullet
through an inch iron plate and six
inches of timber. @ $685..
A REMARKABLE accident happened in
the foundry of the Reading (Pa.) Hard
ware Company, where ninety men are
employed, on the 28th ult. The atmos-
phere outside was dense and all the win
dows were tightly closed. Suddenly a
large quantity Of sulphur and gas was
driven out of the opening in the eupola
among the workmen. Ten became
deathly sick and fell to the floor at once.