Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-01-06
a pound in 1890 to
Il q

Vember !, the corresponding figures
were, of manufactured articles, gross
1897
And iron re............................ III, 1883
Making total of...1.2 66. go
e2-44Al,zs.Asz 81 sll14s slZS9
American manufacturers and iron
makers, with the workmen, reaped the
benefit of this reduction in imports I'M
der the Mckinley tariff.
MARK TWAIN'S BROTHER.
He is so Aforementioned He Ate Yeast,
Thinking it Was Salad.
Mark Twain has brother at Keokuk,
Ia, who is absent minded enough for
Mark to put in book" 1t is related
n that town that he drank violet ink
for blackberry cordial, and then took
an allopathic dose OF ammonia instead
of his cough medicine; hut his latest
absent minded adventure occurred last
summer when his wife had gone to
Sunday School picnic.
The maid and Mrs. Clemens both be-
ng gone for the day, Mrs. Clemens in
structed her husband that he would find
his lunch nicely prepared IN the refriger-
ator Upon her return home she in
CURED OF Mr.. Clemens as to his bachel-
orhood, and how he had enjoyed his
lunch.
''Well," said Mr.. Clemens, 81 didn't
think the salad you spoke OF was espec-
ally good, but | ate it"
Upon investigation Mrs Clemens dis
covered that he had "eaten it, +" indeed;
that is, the yeast put to raise for the
next days baking, while the salad prop
er remained untouched.
Economy IN Building in Mexico.
A correspondent of the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat, writing from the City of
Mexico, tells OfSome curious makeskiits
in the way of building on account of the
high price of materials, and points out
chances for enterprising Americans for
money-making IN studying and supply
ing the needs Of the people. Take the
matter of nails for instance. These cost
from Is cents to % cents pound, and
they are SO expensive that a great
part of the building of Mexico is done
with ropes instead of nails. Here in
Mexico city, within a stones throw Of
the Iturbide Hotel, an immense build
ing is being erected.
The scaffolding about this building is
tied together with ropes, the ra ters
being spliced in this way Many Of
country have roofs Of thatch tied to
rafters with ropes, and some of these
huts have not a nail in them.
Few wooden buildings are known in
Mexico. The average house has Meth
er cellar nor garrett, and the fastenings
which we make with nails are ingen-
iously constructed with bricks and NOR
tar. AL classes of building material are
costly here. You have to pay $35 to $40
thousand for flooring, and glass is
very high. A great many of the cheap
I
sense of the world. The openings are
covered with iron bars and are fastened
at night with close wooden shutters.
Iron has during past years be largely
imported from Belgium.
Breaks His Neck Often. but Lives.
Albert Patterson, the man whose neck
literally hangs by thread and who has
been an inmate of Jefferson College
leaving the hospital in the course of
day or so as comparatively cured, that
is to say as near cured as he ever will
be. When the man entered the hOspl-
tai he had already broken his neck on
three different occasions. He showed
up at the hospital al of a sudden one
day and startled DR.. Egan by saying he
had his neck broken some time before
and felt little pain in the back Of it
yet. DR.. Egan admitted him to the
hospital, and found the case to be one.of
the most remarkable in the annals of
surgery.
DR.. II. A. Wilson, the lecturer on
orthopedics, afterward examined the
man and iectured on his case before
clinic At this time Patterson was
wearing a sort Of stiff bandage round
his neck, and, owing to it being an in
sufficient support, he jerked his neck
out of place three times while III the
hospital On each occasion he fell
down paralyzed and but for the prompt
attention of DR.. Egan in replacing his
neck in position he would have died.
DR.. H. A. Wilson, in order to obvlate
the recurrence Of these accidents, de-
vised particular and special apparatus
to hold the mans head In place, and
also pair of tongs, which fold up small
enough to go into his pocket, but extend
out far enouhg to permit him picking up
things from the floor without bending
his neck Philadelphia Times.
"SALLY, what would your father like to
have me- give him for Christmas pres
ent?" ''Well, James, he wa. saying this
morning at the breakfast table that his
gas bill receipted for the last quarter
would please HIM more than anything
else in the world, except our marriage"
Boston Gazette
No man can cultivate an optimistic
mind on q pessimistic stomach u ash
N JtO1 StGT.
| YoU can't measure a girls love by It's
! sighs.- Elmira Gazette.