Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
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as they do above the town at their feet
Is 468 feet high, and contains l 400 600
bricks.
THE milk inspectors of Boston have
found in some recent examin ,tions An
per cent. Of water, and say that such
milk IS too much extended and the guilty
dealers must be punished.
MAJOR WATSON, the defaulting pay
master, wept when they shaved off his
beautiful blonde mOustache In the Kan
sas penltent1ary. The Burlington Hawk
eye thinks it's no wonder. because there
are some BARRIERS in Kar sas who would
make an iron man cry if they shaved
him. -
DR. FRANK HAMILTON says that at
least once day girls should have their
halters taken off and be turned loose
like young colts. Calisthenics NAV
be very genteel, and romping very I'M
genteel, but the former is the shadow
while the latter is the substance of
health-giVing exercise"
A YOUNG lady, evidently impressed
with the idea that she knows all about
1t, says: eff fellow is desperately III
love with girl and is persistent in his
efforts to win her, he is sure to gain his
suit. Widowers understand this point.
and know exactly how to make love and
propose, and you will observe they are
always successful"
MRS. S. ". JEwETT (the mother of
Miss Sara JeweBt, the actress)is q writer
OF stories and poetry of no common Or
der. Mrs. Jewett's literary contribu-
tlons have drifted about In various
periodicals, but as she has never signed
more than initials she has missed the
personal recognition she would otherwise
have received In literature.
1.-THE Jardin discrimination of Paris
there has been an interesting arrival. It
consists of an entire tribe of Kalmucks
from the desert lands near the Caspian
See. There are nine men and eight
women, besides several children. With
the tribe were also brought 10 cameIs.
10 mares and young horses, 10 Khirghiz
sheep, tents, instruments, arms, etc.
The group must be exceedingly pictur-
esque.
REV. G.. G. POLLOCK, who came on
here from Manitoba. Mimi, to attend
the funeral of his father-in-law, -,
preached to delighted congregation
yesterday morning. In the evening the
Sunday school celebrated its sixty-sev-
enth anniversary, the Sunday school
at Waverly, of which the late
had charge, being we'll represented.
The occasion was a very joyous one.-3
NeW0rk Daily Advertiser.
AT the French lottery Offices it used
to be custom to keep a separate regis
ter of the lucky numbers which had
been suggested by dreams, they were so
numerous and SO remarkable. Never
did day pass without adding to the
wonderful record; and faith in dreams
grew IN consequence even more rapidly
than the list did In the register. It was
so in England while the lotteries existed
and is SO abroad where they still exist
-BeLqT0ViG.
PROBABLY the fastest train in America
is the afternoon express on the Canada
Atlantic Railway, which leaves Coteau
Station at 5: 35 and reaches Ottawa, dis
tant 1874 miles, at 100, having made
one stop of three minutes at Alexandria.
This is almost exactly fifty miles an
hour. The fastest train In the world is
probably the "Fiying Dutchman,"
which runs without stopping from Lon
don to Bristol, distance of 1881 miles,
in just two hours-a rate of 591 miles an
hour.
Al a recent Evangelical Conference in.
Berlin, Professor Grau, Of Konigsberg,
recommended the German Luthern
Church in the United States to the par
ticular care of the assembly, remarking
that what little interest In it Prussia had
shown was of Sc unionist" character,
and that sympathy of a g strictly Luth-
an type " was called for. Accordingly a
committee for the support of Lutheran
congregations in America was formed on
the spot, and collection in furtheranee
of the object taken up.
A BALL was recently bowled against a
young English cricketer's forehead, kill
ing him instantly. American base ball
pat ers only save themselves from death
or permanent injury by the sharpest
and the most artful dodPlug.
There is no excuse for pitcher often
hitting players, and as soon as he is
taught that he runs risk Of having his
own head broken for the intentional hit
ting of them the practice will be more
rare. Pitchers have too many advan-
oNS0NO wv OoO|CACS gnu
these preponderating advantages the ex-
citing features of the game are lessened.
IT is we'll known, says the Industrial
Chronicle, that the round form is the
best shape for chimneys in workshops.
1t facilitates the escape of the smoke
and gives less hold for the wind, besides
requiring less material for construction.
Round chimneys are, however, difficult
TO build, and in some places the want of
workme1 able to make the round kind
las compelled the adoption of square or
forms. To obviate this an
European firm makes bricks in the shape
IF wedges, and corresponding with the
.adius which the chimney IS to have.
The Philadelphia Times draws this
picture of New York life: "On S15,-
100 granite monument over the grave of
lis wife, Daniel Murphy, one of the
ichest men IN the Fourth Ward of New
York, put the inscription: Built to
'utlast the British monarchy. Less
han a twelvemonth afterward. though
n his SEVENTEEN year, infirm, and nearly
blind, he took a new helpmeet who will