Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-10
HERE AND THERE
IANY has a rubber street.

| A MACHINE makes SUN cOrkScreWs
daily.
BELG1UM's telephones are run by the
| government.
SWITZERLAND is now erecting its first
sugar factory.
AN express engine consumes ten gal
Ions of water per mile.
THE tall hat worn by men first ap-
peared in France nearly 500 years ago.
GOLD mines about Nevada City are
the deepest and richest in the world.
THE only kind of fruit which does not
| appear to thrive in California is the
apple.
THE Davy safety lamp for miners was
invented by Sir Humphrey Davy in
1915.
NICKEL steel does not corrode IN salt
water, which fact is of great virtue to
ship plates.
A RUSSIAN can plead infancy for long
time, RS he does not come of age until
26 years old.
A COUPLE were married one day last
week at Winston, n. c., after a court
ship of twenty-seven years.
ELECTRICITY in its various forms Of ap-
! rlication is said to give employment to
100000 persons.
CHURCH bells were made by Paulinus,
| an Italian bishop, to drive away de-
mons, about 400 A. D.
| ST.. LOUIS is organizing what is claimed
| to be the first Italian regiment ever
| formed IN this country.
THE small Photographic portrait was
first made by FEWER, in 1857, and was
ct first used on visiting cards.
THE number of certified schoolmas-
tiers employed in England last year was
| ~, 1879, and mlstresses, 2S,6 24.
IT is estimated that fully two-thirds of
the whole amount of public money held
by the London banks does not bear in
! terest.
AIR GUNS we're first made by Guhr in
| Germany in 1856, and the invention is
also credited to Shaw, of America, n
1915.
THE great anasthetic, chloroform,
was discovered by Guthrie, 1881, and
was first employed in surgical operations
in 1916.
THE private in the German army is
paid IS per month, out of which there is
daily deducted cents for mess ex-
penses.
IN Sweden they always take a cold
lunch, accompanied by rather strong
spirits, before each meal. 1t is said to
be an appetizer.
SEVEN counties in Western Texas have
refused to issue marriage certificate to
boy Is years of age and widow 40
years old with thirteen children.
THERE is a sign on the entrance to a
cemetery at North Wales, Montgomery
County, Pa, which reads: "No admit
lance except on business
RECENT improvements in photograph
ic plates have been so great as to make
1t possible to take accurate photographs
of rife ball travelling at the rate OF
5000 feet second.
ONE million three hundred thousand
pounds worth of pickles and sauces are
exported from England to other cOun-
tries yearly.
THERE are S1,4OC 600, 900 in gold in cir
culation throughout the world, and good
authority asserts that 81 900, 600 of it is
lost annually by wear.
MORE than fourth of the gold and
more than third of the silver produced
| throughout the world in the wear 1891
was mined IN the United States.
THE highest viaduct in the world has
just been erected in Bolivia over the
| river Lea, 1888 feet above the sea level
and f ,0OS feet above the river.
a PNEUMATIC tube connects Paris with
Berlin. 1t is used for postal purposes,
and makes it possible for letter mailed
in Paris to be delivered in Berlin in
| thirtyfive minutes.
SAN Francisco has an earthquake
| proof hotel. 1t is constructed OF iron
and in the form of two hollow squares,
one within the other, arranged so as to
brace each other.
DENMARK has q system of benevolence
by which the honest poor Of 60 years Of
age are insured against want 1t is on
the presumtion that they have always
paid taxes.
A SUBSTITUTE for honey has been in
troduced in Germany under the name
of sugar honey, and consists Of invert-
ed sugar, water, minute amounts OF
mineral substances and free acid
AT Placentia Bay, Newfoundland,
| alone l POO men and women are en-
i ployed in the lobster industry. Five
million is the annual catch, which rep
resents $500 in value.
The crops on Prince Edward Island
are being devastated by plague Of
i potato bugs and turnip flies. In
several districts the damage is so great
that the farmers are sowing turnips
| again.
The Welsh prefix "Aber" signifies
"the mouth Of a river IA Derdovey.
for instance: and 'Llan," "a church u
l-Llandudno, the church of ST. Tudno
| Llanbedr, the church of st. Peter, etc.
THE Earl of Airlie has sold his estate OF
Clunie, in Perthshire, for $40, 600 to Mr..