Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-09-19
BITS OF FOREIGN GOSSIP.

the same method will put an end to an
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BITS OF FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The regulations of the British post
Office require that every unsound tooth
shall be taken out of a mans head be-
fore he can be employed. An unfOrtun-
ate girl who recently was examined for
promotion had fourteen teeth taken out
at one sitting by order of the official den
list, who explained that 1--WE can't have
girls laid up with toothache."
Fifty-two trades unions, with a mem
bership of over $4,000, have made re-
turns for July to the labor department
of the English board of trade, which
show that "A of their members were I'M
employed, as compared with Go in June
and 60 in July, 1898. The depression is
greatest in the metal, textile and ship
building industries.
Among the recent improvements made
in the London West India docks is new
entrance lock $50 feet long with a uni
form depth of thirty feet of water over the
sills, connecting the river with the basin,
and allowing the largest vessels which go
up the Thames to enter the docks. In
letting in the water a novel device is
used to prevent cross currents. The
water is admitted through openings at the
bottom of the dock, covered by metal
disks, as in a bath.
Robert Browning in Westminster abbey
is almost completed and will be sent
shortly to England from Venice. 1t is
of Oriental porphyry, of which the poet
was particularly fond, set in a frame of
Sienna marble, and, though rich, is ex-
rro11 Ia H.
sist only of the name and date, with an
English rose at the head and a Floren-
tine lily below.
A Milanese pianist named Gravagni has
just won a bet by playing for twenty
five consecutive hours without a rest. He
began at II at night and played until mid
night the following day, under the super
vision of a jury of eight musicians his
selections ranging from Wagner to comic
opera. From time to time friend poured
coffee, tea and eggs beaten in Marsala
Wine down his throat, and at the end
he offered to keep on for another six hours,
but found no takers.
According to statistics recently collect
ed in France from 1860 to 1870, under the
second empire, there were 1915 condemna-
lions to death and 50 combinations of
sentence, or a per cent; under MacMa-
hon, from 1873 to 1878, ITO sentences
and 112 combinations 60 per cent; under
Grevy, from 1878 to 1888, of 211 con-
formations 162 were committed or rs
per cent, and under Carnot the figures
were 157 and IS, 40 per cent. Grevy was
the most merciful, and next to him Mac
Mahon, who, though a soldier, found it
hard to reject the appeals of the relatives
Of the condemned.
To commemorate the recent marriage
d1nObtpp ~
ukase for the establishment of the Xenia
institute. In this the daughters of i'm
pOverished mobiles are to receive a gen.
eral education and "such practical knowl-
edge as renders woman useful to her
family and enables her to make an honest
living in these times of demand for fe-
male labor" The palace of the Grand
Duke Nicholas, the Cars uncle, has been
taken for the use of the institute; 400-
600 roubles are given at once for the
equipment, and a large sum is to be APP
propriated yearly for the support of the
pupils
The conference of clergymen which met
lately at GrindelWald for the purpose of
securing greater unity of feeling among
English Protestants has issued an appeal
signed by the bishop of Worcester, Arch
deacon Farrar and other prominent cler-
gymen of the Church of England, as
well as Presbyterian, Congregational,
Baptist and Methodist ministers. They
urge upon the churches of Great Britain
and Ireland, first, the Importance of con-
tinuing to pray for unity on Whitsunday;
second, the further formation of social
unions with the object Of concerted ac-
! ton on the part Of the churches for the
solution Of the great problems which CON
front earnest Christians everywhere, on
principles common to the whole brother
hood of believers; third, the adoption of
no hnty oil Nh,.ie
tan ministers in given districts for coun-
sci and encouragement, with the object
of preventing the Wasteful overlapping
Of Christian agencies; fourth. the cultiva-
ton of the belief that by brotherly con-
ferences differences may be overcome.
mutual concessions made and desire for
real unity cultivated among Christians
that all the disciples of our Lord may be
one.
Importers to Liverpool are bestirring
themselves to have an end put to the dis.
graceful state of things which now eX-
lists at the ''lairages," the receptacles for
imported cattle at Woodside. The trade
has increased SO much that the dock board
| receives 0,OOO a year from this source,
but it makes no effort to increase the
accommodations. When a cattle steam
er comes alongside these lairages are
found to be already full, and some have to
be cleared hastily to make room for the
new arrivals. The cattle are driven,
often at night into a warehouse, up a
gangway five feet wide and 200 feet long,
with a dangerous incline. In going up
the unfortunate beasts are cruelty beaten
and often seriously hurt; those badly
injured are dragged out and shot down a
shaft, to be slaughtered Immediately
When the animals are driven down again
they frequently arrive in a confused mass,
become frantic and gore each other hor-
ribly Serious accidents happen, too, to
ture to the poor beasts the pecuniary loss
is considerable, and that will probably
soon effect q reform