Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-07

WAS Time Wnen BOZ lnGersOu would
have been imprisoned for life even if
he escaped burning at the stake. BY
statute, in the time of Elizabeth, the
jolly old blonde, if any persons in plays
or songs, or by casual conversation,
said anything in derogation of the book
OF common prayer, he was liable to be
imprisoned for life. In 1850 adultery
was made capital crime, and also the
repeated acts of keeping brothel were
made felony without the benefit of cler-
gy. High treason was punished by be-
ing hanged by the neck and then cut
down alive, after which the entrails
were taken out and burned while the
victim still lived. Then his head was
cut off and his body divided into four
parts. In 1902 Hagen Swensden was
hanged because he induced young,
rich widow named Mrs. Pleasant Raw
Inns to marry him, and his friend, Mrs.
Boynton, narrowly escaped the same
fate Chicago Herald.
NEW RAILWAY SIGNAL.
Railway men, especially train men,
know the use of the torpedo in warning
a following train of danger saving time,
| and for other emergencies which arise
during the run of train in sections,
where one section is close behind an
other. The practice has been to drop
off man, or stop the train while the
hind brakeman adjusted torpedo,
thereby losing valuable time. j. Il.
Bevington has produced and patented
an instrument which is SO arranged that
with it torpedo with steel clasps can
be adjusted to the rail from the plat
form of the car while running at any
high rate of speed. A clamp contain
ing torch which will burn ten minutes
for night signals, and one containing q
taper which will burn long enough to
show the rail while making the adjust
ment can all be attached to the rail by
this ingenious instrument, while the
train is running at high speed. These
signals are applicable to any code of
rules governing the use of torpedoes as
caution or danger signals. The tor
pedoes make a very loud report,
and their spring steel clamps prevent all
liability of being thrown from the rail by
a locomotive passing over them. The
torches are limited to burn ten minutes,
and no storm will extinguish them I'M
til burned out Scientific American.
AN ELABORATE CLOCK.
At the Office of the New Haven Clock
Company, in this city, is a splendid
clock just finished, which is to go to the
New Orleans exposition. It was con
structed specially with reference to ex-
hibiting at the exposition, and is prob,
ably the finest clock ever made in New
England. It cost $1,000. It stands
nine and half feet high. The case is
built of the finest mahogany with
elegant decorative carvings, showing
skillful hand work, while the dial is Of
silver and gold finish. A door Of
beveled plate-glass with light mahog
any frame opens to the dial, and larger
similar decorative door opens below tt
the weights. Beautifully finished Cor
inthian pillars flank the main body Of
the case, surmounted by elegantly carved
architraves. The clock rests upo1
gilded ornamental pedals. The long
pendulum beats seconds and the clocl
chimes the quarter hours either on
set of eight bells or on another known
as the Westminster chimes, both set
being very musical and the effect mos
pleasing. For the first quarter fou
bells are struck, for the second eight
for the third twelve, the fourth sixteen
and the hour is announced on deep
sounding cathedral gong, musical ye
solemn, as if the flight of time were s
grave matter and no unconsidered trife
The clock runs eight days and has at
tachments which shifts the striking
works to suit the varieties of BELLS
New Haven Journal.