Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-15

thing, as Lawrence Mass J man found,
4 who lost oE the street pocket book con-
tanning $42, Several passers-by winked
knowingly at each other and carefully
let it alone, so that when the owner re.
traced his steps half an hour later he
found it just where he had dropped it.
i SAvORs STRONGLY OF THE SPoILs SYs-
TEM.-The request made by the commits.
sioner of pensions to Miss Ada G. Sweet,
pension ageHt at Chicago, for her resig-
nation, coupled as it is with expression
OF entire satisfaction with her manage
ment OF The office, savors strongly of the
spoi!s system. aud appears in contraven-
tiOn of President Cleveland's letter to the
CiYil-Service Reform league. e.--New York
EUening Post (Mugwump)
William Whiteside, of Lancaster, Pa,
writes: "For over six wears, was affict
ed with diarrhea. Mishler's Herb Bitters
| cured me and improved my general
health. There is no remedy in the world
that can show similar record of cases,
covering SO large range of disease, as
this great household specific Kidney
ana liver complaints, Indigestion, foul
stomach, dizziness, nausea, sick headache,
ETC., all yield TO the magic Of its treat
| ment"
A MILWAUKEE SINGER IN OSHKOSH.
Oshkosh Northwestern: J. Howard
jenkins has resigned from his position in
the choir of the Trinity Episcopal church,
and his place will be hereafter supplied
| by f. Wyskosil, young man who has
! recently come to this city from Milwau-
kee. Mr. Wyskosil has a fine tenor
voice and has already been selected to
take the part of Frederick in the Pirates
of Penzance.' While in Milwaukee he
was member OF several musical societies.
RELICS OF 1776.-C. Root, of Olsego,
Columbia county. has a teaketlle that
was bought by his grandparents when
they went to house keeping in 1776. 1t
is but one piece oil copper hammered out,
IS round, and not seam in it, and would
/ yet outwear dozen modern ones; for it
is very thick and heavy They have a
teaspoon that is one Oi set that Mrs.
| Roots grandfather had made over
hundred Years ago. from the buttons
taken from his military coat which he
wore IN the Revolutionary war.
ID 1902 Daniel Webster was school
master at Fryeburg, Me, and was paid
a salary of $3.50 d year The old ledger
which contained Mr.. Wehster's store
account while perceptor at Fryeburg is
still in existence. Among the charges
are 'soap, sixpence,' 'quils, and six
pence" and zone pair silk hose, Il and
sixpence." Those extravagant hose were
worn at one of the festiye balls for which
old Fryebnrg was noted An old lady
who was one of Webster's pupils at
Fryeburg describes him as cal eyes"
| He was successful schOolmaster and
was given present at the END of his
term.
CYCLONES AND ToRNADoEs-A scien
tiic writer who has studied cyclones says
"they always originate in equatorial re
gluns, but never occur within eight or
ten degrees OF that line" Another
thing that is peculiar, he says ''the whirl
is from right 10 LETT in northern and from
eft to right in the southern hemisphere
and that "masiers cf sailing vessels
caught in one OF these cyclones by know
ing its laws of direction can easily sail
1
| speaking of tornadOes remarks they tol-
low much the same laws. Those 0c-
curing in the central part of tie United
States originate in the Rocky N. untains
or the Pacific Ocean and travel eas Wa d
I hose of the Atlantic coast usually start
in the Gull of Mexico or Caribbean Sea
and follow the path Of regular cyclones -
"A storm which starts in the Rocky
| Mountains sometimes can he traced half
way around the earth" Those OF the
Pacific usually pass s0uthpaotward along
the Mexican coast The study of cyclones
and lorna lots IS ole little understood
and yet Ot Astounding interest.
A SHOWER OF BIRDs-CANToN Miss,
April Ga terrific rain and vino storm
swept over Central Mississippi on the
night of the 81 inst 1t came from
northwesterly direction and lasted sever |
hours. The next morning at Cantoa
and vicinity number OF strange bir
were found lying or sitting on the groun
some of them dead and others wnunae,
! from being dashed against trees. houses s.
and other obstacles.
| Again, some were found apparently
uniDjured, although they made no effort
to fly. Fully one hundred OF these air Is
have already been picked up, and, as
they are entire strangers to this locality.
the supposition - they were caue ht up
by the storm on the sea coast ard were
waited many miles this way They re-
semhle the penguin, though they are
smaller. They are certainly species of
sea fowl. They are about he size Of the
teal duck, have a head like the came
chicken, and beak like the crow Their
| legs are short and web footed The
/ feathers on the neck and back are black
and dark gree n, while those on the breast
are beautiful and brilliant steel gray.
The birds have no tails and the live ones
are found sitting or waddlng and do not
attempt to fly, but rather try to hide