Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-07
CURIOUS, USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.
sCoLDING A Dog TO DEATH.

not beat him, but took hold of him. and
talked to him most bitterly, most Sc,
Verely. He talked on and on for long
TIME IN the same serious and reproach-
tul stralh, and the dog was so deeply
impressed with his own total depravity
that he refused all food, and died in the
course OF day or two. This story is
told IN: the London Spectator by the
| reverend gentleman himself.
HALF TURKEY AND HALF CHICKEN.
Louis Bode,, of st. Louis, has feath-
cred biped which is half turkey and half
chicken, which he found in a COOP of
fowls sent IN from the country. So far
as It's physical proportions are concerned
1T may be said to resemble the mermaid.
which Is alse half and half concern.
Those. who have examined the chicken
| turkey say that it has the head and
breastbone of turkey, and the tail,
legs, and feathers of q chicken. Itwalks
like chicken, gobbles like a turkey.
wears dominick chicken feathers, and
appears to be at home either among
chickens or turkeys.
COINCIDENCE.
Yesterday at the Office of the county
recorder two applications for marriage
license were made In which the ladies to
be married are named Abbie A. Cole.
| The supposed possessor of the former
Miss Cole Is John P. Gross and the hap
Ply individual to whom the other Miss
| Cole Is to be married is certain George
ID. Williams. The clerk is in GUAM
Diary, and Is inclined to think there has
been some mistake and that there is but
one Miss Cole. On the other hand,
however, the gentlemen applying for the
license appeared each positive of his po-
sition and handed over the required
$3.50 fee without the least apparent
shadow Of doubt as to the stability of
his claim. Denver Tribune.
FIVE ACRES OF EBLs.
The greatest eel-pond in America is
on the farm of James n. Wells, in the
town of Riverhead, Mass. It covers five
acres and Is SO full of cells that they can
be raked out with garden rake. Two
years ago Mr.. Wells put 2, 900 dozen of
cells into the pond, intending to have
them undlsturbed for five years. These
have increased to millions. They are
fed regularly every day on horse feet, !"
a peculiar shel-fsh. The eels know
when they are to be fed, and the stroke
of Mr.. Wells whip against his wagon
calls thousands of them to dinner, al
though any one else may pound away
all day without any effect. One Of these
shel-fsh, fastened to a strong cord and
thrown into the water, may be drawn
out in few minutes with hundreds of
cells fastened to 1t.
SAVED BY A CAT,
A cat probably saved the lives of
captain of canal boat, his wife and
four small children recently. The canal
boat was FROM Baltimore with 5000
bushels of oyster shells on board. The
heavy load strained the boat and set her
to leaking. 1t was in the night. All
the family were on board asleep and
were reused from slumber by the fran
tic cries of the cat, which was swimming
for life III six feet of water. The boat
sank five minutes later in deep water,
the people on board barely escaping
with their lives and handful of cloth
ing, leaving behind money, jewelry and
a sewing machine. Kind people opened
their doors TO the homeless and forlo.n
party. The boat lay at FAIR Haven
dock. The cat was either drowned or
got to shore and decamped. Hartford
Post.
WATERPROOF UNIFORMS.
The English newspapers give inter
estiDg accounts of series of expert
ments conducted by the Belgian govern
ment In new method of rendering SOL
Ciers' uniforms waterproof by means of
liquid alumina. As the process is ap-
plIeable to any kind of clothing, it is of
general interest. The medical author
tiles, 1t Is said, have satiefied themselves
that the process does not prevent the
perspiration from passing off freely, and
chemical analysis shows that the prepa-
ration used IN no way Injuries the ma
terials or destroys their colors. Cloth
ing which was subjected to the process
and then Worn, although rinsed and
washed, renamed perfectly wat rproof
The only drawback to the process is that
1t is rather expensive, and to insure the
desired result it mus& be conducted on
a large scale.
CATS ADVENTURE.
James Ragar, of Maryland, says that
while amusing himself reading the adj
Vertisements in a newspaper, al. old tom
cat came in and sprang up on his lap,
Jim told him to lie down and keep quiet,
but Mr.. Cat would not do it, and insist
ed on springing around, running toward
the door, and trying to bark. Finally
Jim told him to lead on, and where he
led he would follow. Tom took him
around the house to a closet. The door
was closed and had q rock rolled up
against it. Tomcat became excited and
rubbed up against Jim's legs. Jim
opened the door, and was greeted with
the peculiar singing of rattlesnake,
which Tomcat had corraIled, barrieading
the door afterward. The snake was
soon killed. Fifteen rattles and FIVE
buttons. The rock had hair on it, show
ing where the cat had shouldered it.
s. LONG FINGER NAILS.
According to the writer of an article
on Extraordinary Finger-Nails :" in
the World of Wonders, it is the custom
of the Chinese, Siamese and Annamese
to allow the nails on all their fingers,
except the forefnger, to grow to great
length, and among the former they
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