Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

I'm Genoa the wives and daughters
of the fishermen get from the factor
patterns and thread, hand spun flax or
silk, and return the same weight in
lace, receiving therefor such price as
pays them wages of five to ten cents a
day.
Foreign papers say that an Ameri-
can named Hofting won two hundred
and thirty thousand francs at Monte
Carlo lately. The fortunate man, it is
said, was intoxicated at the time. The
success, however, brought him to his
Senses as he departed for Paris on the
same day, to the great regret of the
croupiers.
Queen Victoria now rules, subject
to the wholesome limitations of the
British constitution, over population
scattered in the four quarters of the
globe and the islands of the sea, ag-
gregate 367, 100000 A greater mum Der
than this has never acknowledged to
sovereignty of one person in ancient or
modern times.
The government of Spain has
granted to two merchants in Angola,
Africa, the exclusive privilege, for ten
years, of exporting from the province
of Angola new industrial product in
vented by them and extracted a from
common tubercule, which has not yet
been scientifically classified for any in
dustrial purpose. The product is to be
applied to the tanning of hides.
In China soapstone is largely used
in preserving structures built of sand
stone and other stones liable to
crumble from the effect of the atmos-
phere; and the covering with powdered
soapstone in the form of paint on some
of the obelisl1s in that country, COM
posed of stone liable to atmospheric
deterioration, has been the means of
preserving them intact for hundreds of
years.
If an Egyptians eyes ache or hurt,
he looks out for a blonde woman named
Fatima, begs from her a bit of bread
and information where he will find six
more Fatimas, that he may ask some
favor Of Fortunately for him they do
not all have to be blondes, and wise
Egyptian father, seeing the value of
the name, is apt to give it to one of his
daughters, SO there are plenty of
FatimaS.
The dissection of Greece by a canal
connecting the CULTS of Athens and
Corinth is nearly accomplished The
cutting is straight and level one, %
wide and SO deep. 1t has no locks. A
railroad bridge spans it at the Corinth
end, but at such a hcight-164 feet-as
to afford no intolerance to vessels pass
ing through. 1t is estimated that at
least 1, 900 of these, averaging / 800 tons
each, will annually use this new and
shorter passage.
"A society which may be classed as
a commune Of beggars'' has been
formed at Mitau, Russia. All the mem
bers are mendicants. They pledge
themselves to hand over to the
board of the society all that they get
in money or in kind up to the nor
NAL amount of donations which a beg
gar gets in day. Whatever they get
above that amount they may keep for
themselves. The society, in return, is
pledged to provide them with food, gar
ments and lodgings according to their
actual needs.
The London cab proprie5ors have
also combined, and their union at it's
first meeting adopted this resolution:
THAT the system under which the Lon
don cab trade is worked will not admit
Of the adoption Of a fixed price and
given dates; that the value of horse
and cab to the driver must always be
governed by their QualitV and that the
variation of demand for cabs, according
to conditions of weather, the London
season, race meetings and such like,
must be considered in determining the
price -