Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-24
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.
SWATHING THE EARTH IN COTTON

| II the cotton goods sold at auction
in New York, Thursday, were extended
in line they would serve as a bound
airy line for the United States, and
have 1000 miles to spare. If extended
in line due west from Boston the
other extremity would lie in the eau
casus, half way between the Black Sea
and the Caspian.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
Milk when swallowed rapidly by the
glassful is very unwholesome. A
quantity entering the stomach at once
is changed from q fluid by the acid
juices of that organ into hard, cheesy
curd, through which the gastric Juices
cannot pass; it is turned oyer and
over, and, as it's surface can only be
reached, it digests very slowly. It is
sometimes fatal to q weak stomach.
1t should be taken slowly, eaten with
something else, or slipped by the spoon
fulv
STRANGE MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON.
Among the many monuments to
Washington is one which every visitor
to the Cape Verde Isles will remember
as one Of the most colossal and mar
velous freaks of natural sculpture in
existence Along the further side of
San Vicente (the principal town. rises
q bold ridge of dark gray volcanic
rock, the crest of which forms very
good likeness of Washington, lying
face upward as if in sleep or death.
The hero's large, bold features, the
backward wave of the hair, the sweep
of the massive shoulders and the very
| frill of his shirt, are all reproduced on
a gigantic scale with fidelity worthy
of the stalactite formations of the
Adelsberg Grotto or the Mammoth
Cave of Kentucky.-Boston Tran
script.
A PLACE WHERE WOMEN RULE.
Among the dependencies of Holland
there is remarkable little state which,
in it's constitution and original cos
tune of it's inhabitants, surpasses the
bOldeSt dreams of the advocates of
woman s rights In the Island of Java,
between the cities of Batavia and
Samarang, is the Kingdom of Bant-
nam, which, although tributary to
Holland, is an independent state The
sovereign is, indeed, man, but all the
rest of the government belong to the
fair sex. The king is entirely depend
ent upon his state council. The high
est authorities, military commanders
and soldiers, are, without exception,
of the female sex. The Amazons ride
in the masculine style, wearing sharp
steel points instead OF spurs. They
carry a pointed lance, which they
spring very gracefully, and also
musket, which is discharged at full
gallop.
THE PHYSICAL RESULT OF CREMATION.
A curious fact in connection with
cremation is the amount of ashes re-
ceived from a body and the DISPOSE
ton made of them. The two largest
bodies cremated in Philadelphia
weighed 200 pounds each, the ashes
weighing four pounds eight ounces and
five pounds four and half ounces re-
spectively. The largest percentage of
ashes thus far received was from a
body weighing 80 pounds, and whose
ashes weighed five pounds and eleven
ounces. Various disposition has been
made of the ashes, in some instances the
remains being buried, in some retained
in the family, and in others sent to
Europe. The ashes of one subject
were placed in a marble urn and de-
posted in a Masonic Lodge room
while those of another, Miss Clancy
the actress, were divided, a part being
buried by the side of her sister in Balti-
more, and the rest by her mothers
side in Maine
RAPID BRIDGE-BULDING.
Probably the most rapid bridge
building on record is that described in
the Scientific American as done at
Aarau, Switzerland. The firm having
constructed canal in connection with
their works were obliged by the town
authorities to bridge it in two places.
They constructed them both with seq
mental arches of cement concrete,
erecting the first one in tNo days in
June, 1884. After standing two
months the bridge was brought into
use, and has been in constant service
for heavy traffic ever since without
cracking or settling. The span of the
arch is 80 feet inches, rise 6 feet 81
inches, and width of roadway 13 feet
II inches, the total weight of the
structure between the abutments be-
ing 211 tons. The second bridge was
begun at 6 A. NJ. on October 9, 1884,
and was completed at 6 P. M. the
same day, sixty-five men being en-
ployed. The cost of such a bridge is
given at about 5000.
SLAIN BY ANGRY BEES.
This morning Mr.. Hall went out to
his beehives alone They are situated
100 yards from his residence, beneath
a dozen large pine trees. Mr.. Hall
opened hive containing thousands of
the insects, and attempted to transfer
them to another and larger hive. AS
soon as the bees were released they
commenced fierce onslaught upon
Mr.. Hall. They swarmed upon his
head and face, and the air seemed filled
with the stinging insects. With his
eyes almost blinded, Mr.. Hall dashed
around and around the garden, scream
ing for help. 1t was Some minutes be-
fore negro servant came to his rescue
and drove the bees off by turning a
small garden hose upon them. Mr..
| Hall was insensible, and DR.. Turner