Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-20
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Tin was discovered in Britain AGO
The Catholic church claims 191 ,OOO.-
600 members.
--Gioia of Amalfi invented the mari
ner's compass in 1902.
A clothmakers' union was formed in
the Netherlands A. D. 1902.
The orbit of a comet was first math-
ematically calculated in 1887.
The great Mont Gents tunnel was sue
cessfully completed in 1870
A college of medical science was
founded at Paris by Charles V in 1864.
English scarlet wooden coaks were
known all over Europe in 1175.
Sir George Williams who founded the
\. Nj. c. A, is a retail storekeeper
-Charlemagne in 7S0 sent Offa, king
of Mercia, two silk coats as presents.
-Galen made remarkable advances in
the science of medicine in the year 1859.
-Constantinople was made literary.
political and religious center in $50
-Camphor should not be placed next
to furs, as it will make the color lighter.
A mill was built in Germany for the
manufacture of paper from linen in 1890.
1t is said that castor oil applied once
a day for several weeks will remove
warts.
-0OJlOn ClOIn was commonly worn IN
Arabia in the time of Mohammed, A. d.
627.
Wire hairpins were first invented in
1915. Before that wooden skewers were
used
The estimated cost to both sides of
the great Civil War in this country was
Sc, SOC. 600. 900.
The spring and autumn maneuvers of
European armies cost annually over $10,-
100000.
There were 100000 men in the field
of Sadowa. of whom $4,000 were killed
or disabled.
At Borodino 100000 French and
Russians fought and the dead and
wounded numbered $4,000.
Down to the year 1876 Krupp had
delivered to various European nations
over $4,000 cannon.
The luster of morocco may be re-
tanned by applying the white of an egg
with a sponge.
A Wheeling CIV. Va.) man claims to
have a canary that can whistle Yankee
Doodle.
1t is estimated that 100000 pet birds
are kept in Paris. or one for every twenty
inhabitants, inclusive of babies.
The orchid is now the aristocrat
among flowers, its collection and cultiva-
ton being a passion in many circles.
L
wear from the proprietors of cafes who
use portions of the sidewalk for tables.
A man named Pohaski was sentenced
| to one month in the workhouse in New
! York last week for pulling the whiskers
of Mendal Bierman.
In 1864 the pointed hoods worn by
the ladies often reached four feet above
the head. making the lady's face appear
about the center of the body.
in the sixteenth century no lady was
considered in full dress unless she had a
mirror at her breast. 1t was oval in
shape, about Axe inches in size.
Queen Victoria is the most powerful
widow on the globe. She rules II .475.-
| 057 square miles of the earths territory,
and 37S, 725.S57 of its population.
A Georgia couple have been remar-
ried, after being divorced twenty-eight
years. at the home of a daughter who
never saw her father till the day of the
| ceremony.
From 1884 to 1856 the style of hair
dressing in Paris changed seventeen
| times, and went from the extreme of
short curls and a skull cap to hat three
feet bread.
In the Roman catacombS have been
found several sets of false teeth. manu-
featured from ivory to repair the ravages
of time in the mouths of Roman beauties
Salt Lake City is one of the most
| DeaUll1ul III lue OulleO states. IL was
| laid out when land was worthless. The
streets are wide and each has a rivulet
running through it.
The memorial tower being erected by
Russian Hebrews on the highest point of
| the Mount of Olives at Jerusalem will
give view of both the Mediterranean
| and Dead seas.
Fruit grown near the ground may
| contain the bacteria of typhoid fever.
diphtheria or cholera, which may have
| found their way into the material used
for fertilizing, or may have become in
| corporated with the dried dust.
kid and silk gloves came into use in
Europe about the end of the fifteenth CEN
fury. At first only princesses and ladies
of high rank were allowed to wear them
The Dancing Pea.