Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-03-08
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.

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AMONG the rarities of the German
hunting season just past are a black
hare, shot In Silesia; fox without O
brush, captured in Pomerania, and a
white stag.
The triple wall which formerly sur
rounded Constantiuople, and which
finally fell before Mahomet H., formed
an almost impregnable defense. The
present sultan must have it's value in
mind, as he is having his own palace
and garden surrounded by three similar
walls.
AMONG the fortunes that have gone
down in the wreck of the Union Gener-
ale should be included 100000 francs
belonging to the Comte de Chambord,
10000 francs belonging to the
Prince and Princess de Broglie, and
100000 francs belonging to the Prin-
cess Odescalchi.
BEER, according to the Paris Figaro,
is largely used at the royal table in Ber-
lin. The Emperor Williams favorite
dish is beer soup, made very sweet, with
toasted bread i'll it; the Grown Prince
likes beef stewed in beer, which imparts
a peculiar flavor to the meat; and the
Empress is particularly fond of cells with
beer sauce.
The corpse Of a Gypsy funeral in
Alsace "was shrouded In garment with
two pockets, into each of which twenty
franc piece was put. On his right side
was placed bottle of wine, on the left
package of beans, one of which esculents
was also put in his mouth. Wax tapers
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carried to the graveyard in solemn pro-
cession."
The aurochs, or wild oxen, which SUR
vive only in the imperial forests of Lii
thuania and Poland, threatened, few
years ago, to become extinct, and strict
orders were issued for their preservation.
Under imperial protection they have
multiplied to about six hundred head,
and hunt was recently permitted near
BielOstoc. Two aurochs were killed and
sent to st. Petersburg.
TwENTY-EIGHT years ago Mr.. Vince,
deserving a wife and child, left Var
mouth, Eng, and went to Australia.
| Three years since be returned, and as
Mr.. Barnard opened a shop there I'M
known to his family, whom he saw daily,
Mrs. Vince, going to buy there lately,
thought he was very like some one she
used to know, and the murder was out;
but she and her family now decline the
acquaintance.
AT the station of Dol, in Brittany, is a
French Railway jack" dog, who
makes it his mission to warn people to
keep out of danger. The poor creature
was once injured by a passing train, hav-
ing his nose crushed and foot cut off.
Ever since he watches for each train to
be signalled, and on its arrival limps
close to the train and barks vigorously
until it leaves the station, and then lies
down quietly until the next arrives.
THE entire French coast is about to be
light by electricity, which as far back as
1875 was employed in the light houses
hear Havre. 1t is now thought that the
development of the new system warrants
it's general use on the French coast
Fortytwo lighthouses are to be provid-
ed with electric lights and with steam
trUmpets for fog signals, at a first cost
of about ST, 100000. and an annual ex-
penditure Of about $50, 600 for mainten-
| ance.
CITIZENS of the Hanoverian town of
Osnawich have resolved to settle their
differences SO far as possible by arbitra-
ton before entering upon the worry and
expense of protracted lawsuits. They
have formed themselves into an associa-
ton by which they are bound not to go
to law until court of peace of their own
making has failed to bring about an
amicable adjustment of their disputes.
Last year out of 25 cases % were decided
in this inexpensive and civilized manner.
VARIOUS cases eff poisoning from the
use OF perfumes have been reported in
recent English journals. In one in
stance little girl had bought some
heliotrope perfume at bazaar, and had
applied it on her face. This caused a
vascular eruption, swelling, itching,
and, IN fact, erysipelas, which lasted
| for some time. The scent was made
with some of the products of coal tar,
and not with the odoriferous principles
of plants, thus acquiring its irritating
properties.
IT will be news to most people that
ostrich farming is attended with dangers
to human life, although men engaged in
the business are not always free from
assault from some vicious bird. In the
district of Victoria West, Cape Colony,
some weeks ago, a man was actually
kicked to death by an ostrich on the
public highway. Some dispute arose
between them as to the right of way,
and before they had settled it the bird
had kicked and trampled on him until
he was dead.
VIOLET cultivation in Germany bids
fair to rival the famous floral industry
of southern France. Most of the Ger
man violets are grown at Potsdam, where
several gardeners can furnish daily dur
ing the winter some hundred dozen
blossoms, while the remainder come
chiefly from Berlin, Charlottenburg and
Leipsic. By great care the Teuton1c
florists have managed to produce
small violet tree about five and half
inches high. They prevent the plant
from poisoning for several years, and
remove the lower leaves and shoots, so
that it grows upright and assumes
palm-hke form.