Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-04-13
BY THE WAY,

IHE Methodist Episcopal Cnurcn mas
over Is, 900 ministers, IA, 900 local preach
ers, 100, 900 official members, and 30O,-
900 Sunday school officers and teachers.
WHEN the men and women of the
East Indies want to wash their hands
they squeeze the juice Of lemon over
them and wash briskly In water until
they are clean.
THE latest substitute for glass is kind
of dry, flexible collodion. 1t resists
the action Of salts, alkalies and dilute
acids, and is inodorOus and transparent.
It's chief use is likely to be in photo
graphy.
In German literary publications dur
ing 1891 theology held the first place.
Out of 1875 literary productions, ! ,763
belonged to the province OF theology
and ] ,731 to literature proper novels,
poems, dramas).
In Rio de Janeiro the camelia is used
in a magnificent way at the fetes. The
walls Of the halls where entertainments
are held are covered with SPRAYS con-
tanning three camelias and their pol
lsned foliage.
DURING Queen Victoria's reign their
have been only three vacancies in which
the Queen did not personally receive
the insignia of the deceased knight.
When foreign sovereign dies who is q
Knight of the Garter his insignia comes
back directly to the Lord Chamberlain
through the foreign office.
AT the present time the whole num-
Der Of double stars known and recorded
by astronomers is something over TO-
900, far exceeding the number of stars
visible to the naked eve in the entire
armament (about $1,000, and others are
being frequently discovered by the
great telescopes now in existence.
A WILD woman was captured recently
in the woods near st. Hedwig, Tex,
where she has been living for the past
six years. In all that time she has never
slept under root, and her dress was
made of reeds and leaves. She lived for
the most part on pecan nuts. She was
sent to an insane asylum.
The alleged connection between Gyp-
sizes and the nails used in the crucifXion
has frequently been referred to. It is said
that the thinkers are descendants of the
one who made the nails for the cross,
and are condemned to wander continu-
ally without rest. This tradition is very
common in the Highlands of Scotland.
THE percentage of women who sue
cesstully pass the examination for gov
ernmenr positions Is greater than that
of men.
How Chinese women were expected
to behave themselves 1000 years ago
is set forth in an ancient Chinese work
in 313 chapters.
THE steel used by the United States
navy is recommended by the Austrian
Society Of Engineers as the best known
in practical science.
A FLORIDA fish story tells of a shad,
some 20 inches long, which leaped from
one stream to another, over consider
able space of ground, in search of food.
AN experiment in weaving silk by
electric looms has been made in Ger
many, and the results encourage q re-
turn to manufacturing in the houses Of
the weavers.
SPARRows, stares and plovers are on
friendly terms with the fairies The
larks and the swallows are birds Of good
omen, but the latter should not rest on
the housetop.
AUSTRALIA will send to the Worlds
Fair probably the biggest astronomical
clock ever made. It Will be 40 feet
high and % feet square, and IS to be
built Of colonial cedar.
OLD peach trees are now being report
ed from various parts of the country,
but Southern papers claim that the
oldest free-bearing tree is living in
Georgia and is 80 years old.
THE Chinese have many kinds of
ceremonial dishes and cakes. Thus,
oranges form an Introductory course at
ceremonial dinners, and preserves OF
betel nuts are offered to the guests at
the New Year.
Grows, like crickets, come for good or
1~,1f no ~E ~
is malediction to be avoided. If good
luck abides in the homestead where
they build their rookerv they should
not be molested.
AT the end of July last there were
sc, 800 electric iamps-incandesc and
arc-in use in Paris. At the end of
March: 1891, the number was 100000,
SO that during a period of sixteen
months the number of lamps in use in
creased by Al 800.
LAST years passenger figures show
that the two German lines-the North
German Lloyd and the Hamburger Anne
rlcan-carrled to America more passen-
gers than the whole of the English great
Atlantic lines sailing from Liverpool put
together.
RECENT investigation has shown that
the amount of tannin, which is the nox-
lous element IN tea, is from three times
to five times as greatin the Bengal and
Ceylon leaf as in the Chinese. The at
tention of the medical profession in
America is called to this fact
ARIZONA has one of the greatest cop
per mines in the world. The Copper
Queen is one of worldwide reputation,
and during 1891, with copper down to
ridiculously low prices, and the cost Of
development work running up into
the millions the mine paid dividend
Of $3.50, 900.