Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-12


where they are gathered iu large quaint
ties for making jam apd jelly. They
make much more delicious article, it is
said, than cultivated grapes.
A grave was opened at the Bethlehem
Cemetary, Albany, N Y, last Friday,
and the corpse, which had been buried
20 years, was found in a perfect state of
preservation, even to the hair and eyes.
Professor Herbert, of Paris, has the
honor of discovering the tallest bird
known to ornithologists, or rather to
geologists, as it was discovered in the
eocene deposits, near the French capitol.
It's skeleton deuoted that ii stood IL feet
IN height.
Formosa is a very healthy place, but if
any ore does happen to be i'll the natives
use heroic measures with him They
string him up by the neck and let him
/ down again very quickly, If he gets
well it is all right, but if he dies every
one in the place gets drunk and remains
in that condition for several days
Mercury is firmly believed by the Chi
nese t" possess wonderful virtues. They
hold that it not only prolongs life, but
expels bad vapors, poison and the gloom
of an uneasy mind. The doctrine of the
transmutation of mercury into other
/ metals prevailed in China 1000 years
ago. Cinnabar was known to the Chi
nese in the seventh century before the
Christian area.
When doctors disagree, who shall de-
eide? DIR. Koch's nicrobe theory of the
origin OF cholera is being decidedly
trowned upon by several eminent physi-
clans, among whom are Drs Klein and
Gibbs of the British Cholera Commission.
They have been making series of
expe riments in the birthplace of cholera
in India, ia the course of which DIR.
| Klein swallowed a number of what DIR.
Koch claims are germs Of cholera but
with no bad effect.
J B. Manley, o. Agusta, Me-, who has
accompanied Mr.. Blaine, on his trip
throug b New York and the West, says:
"He is maj in million We are all
younger than he is, vet we were IA. .ged
out before he showed sign of exhaus-
ton. and be was working bard while we
were doing comparatively nothing. In
one day he travelled $50 miles and made
twenty niue speeches The following
morning he was ready for business again
And they sav he is sick and has Bright's
diseased If he has, and affects all men
~ it does him, want to have it. He
has one splendid faculty. He can go to
sleep anywhere and at any time. have
seen him Gu: himself up in car, sleep
for ten minutes, and wake up bright as a
dollar and make a speech that created
indescribahle enthusiasm among an au-
dience OF thousands"
The AuTUMN-LEAF BUSINESS. An
old gardener PINNED ne down in an ele-
vatp ar couple OF davs age, and this
was his wall: The autumn leaf busi-
ness is 10 good this year I'm lots of
money out Folks on the av'noo who We
always been customers don't buy any
more. Last year one OF the rooms up at
WIN Fl VaDderbilt's was 80 covered over
with leaves that you couldn't see the
wall. This year the whole Vanderbilt
family don't buy single bunch y
Further discoursng, the old man stated
that autumn leaves this year were far
below the ordinary standard in brightness
and variety of hue. Drought is respon-
sible for this deterioration. Flaws and
black scars appear on nearly every leaf,
and the lack of moisture has made their
texture more brittle than egg Shells
New York Times.
FREAKS OF AN OLD. TINE CLERGYMAN.
Rev Mr.. Hegemore, who died in Eng.
land January /, I746, was notable as an
eccentric character. He kept one SER
want of each sex, whom he locked up
every night. His last employment in
the evening was to 60 ronnd his premis-
es, let loose his dogs. and fire his gun.
He lost his life in singular manner.
Going one morning to let out his servants,
the dog fawned upon him suddenly and
:hrew him into deep pond. The SER
wants heard him call for assistance, but
being locked up could not afford him any
aid, in consequence of which he was
drowned. He had 30gowns and cassocks,
58 dogs, 80 wigs (though he always wore
bis own hair) 80 wagons and carts, 90
plows land used none), 30 saddles, sc
Nheelbarrows, and so many walking
sticks that toyman offered bim 98 for
them. He had also 60lhorses and mares,
800 pickaxes, 200 spades and shovels. 25
ladders and 250 razors. He died intest-
ate, and the property went to hotel
porter in London.
FLAX CULTURE IN THE NORTHWEST.
The culture of fax is becoming an i'm
portant feature of agriculture in the
Northwest. It is only with recent years
that the mills for the manufacture OF
linseed oil In this country could secure
tie necessary raw material except by i'm
p tltion, but last years yield in the
United States aggregated about 1000, 600
bushels, and the total this year promises
to reach from 100000 to 100000
bushels, fully one-half of which is raised
In Minnesota and Dakota. The plant
produces on the average as many bushels
to the acre as wheat, and as the price
ranges from ST. to ST.. .15 per bushel, the
crop is decidedly profitable one. As an
element in that diversifcatiop of our
agriculture which.is SO desirable, the grow
ing attention that is paid to fax culture