Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-03
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Danish lighthouses are supplied with
oil to pump on the waves In case Of a
storm.
Street fairs are becoming a summer
and fail feature In Southern cities. Sev-
,ral have already been held in Georgia
aud Ma bama, and Virginia towns are
adopting the custom.
A regiment Of 1000 men could read
liz find shelter under single banyan
tree. In India there is one Of these
trees which has 400 main trunks and
over 5000 smaller ones.
1T has been decided in England thai
If j person keeps bees he does it at his
own risk. and that he is Liable in dam
premises of other people.
Over 100000 of our population are
in annual need and actually receive some
kind of charitable assistance. In New
York city there are on al average more
than 100000 unemployed persons.
From 1882 to the LIST OF January,
1883. there arrived in eastern Siberia L.
overland and 33.6OS by sea. From 1883
TO 1890, 532 persons returned TO Russia.
Kansas City has now become the sec
ond flcur-making point in the United
States, having made 1920 barrels Of
flour in one week. which eclipses all rec.
ords except those OF the Minneapolis
mills
The University of California an.
nounces course Of instruction in Japanese
and Chinese, two OF the most important
Of the languages which it has recently
become desira BILE for many Americans to
learn.
The distance from New York to San
Francisco by water. around Cape Horn.
is 1860 miles. By the Isthmian canal
the distance between the same points
would be 1907 miles-a saving of 10. 1913
miles.
A negro i'll jail at Freehold. y. J.,
charged with murder. is Il "hoodoo.' Out
Ct four OF those who have testified
against him three are dead and the other
was recently Knocked insensiblc and
robbed.
The postal-service establishment Of
the United States is the greatest bust
ness concern i'll the world. The revenue
of the postofice of New York is more
than SS.OOO.OOO yearly, with a net prof,
Of $5,00O,O0O.
--ChlorOform should not he adminis-
tered TO the same subject twice within "A
week If it can be avoided, because it has
been shown that the elimination Of the
drug is not completely effected within Il
shorter period.
The state cf Georgia has an estima;-
governor a salary of $4,000 while New
Jersey has an estimated population of
100000 and gives her governor Il sal
airy Of $4,000.
An act for the prevention of cruelty
to wild animals has just become law in
England. 1t extends the provisions of
the Cruelty to domestic Animals Acts"
to ali birds. fishes and reptiles not i'll
Guided in that act.
hppn oh
wells have daily period of ebb and flow,
as we'll as the ocean tides, only the pro-
cess is reversed. The time of greater
flow of an artesian we'll is the period of
low tide in the ocean.
Bees are known to be excellent
weather prophets. There is a common.
country saying that "a bee was never
caught in a shower" When rain is com
ing bees do not go far afield but buzz
about close to their hives.
An enormous mushroom was found in
the neighborhood of Rickmansworth,
England. 1t was perfectly round i'll
shape and measured 8 inches across and
- inches in circumference, and weighed
without the stem 10 ounces.
1t is now estimated that the urban
population Of the country, as shown by
the new cenSuS-the population, that is,
of place containing 5000 inhabitants or
over-will reach 33 per cent Of the total.
as against % per cent in 1890.
in Mauritius they make tea of the
leaves Of an orchid. In Peru they drink
mate. tea made from native species
of holly. The Abyssinians make tea
from the leaves of catha edulis, which
has strong. stimulating qualities.
An IOnia tMich.) woman has reversed
the usual order Of things by inserting an
advertisement in the local papers warn
ing people against trusting her husband
hn h,,, Il.
ment of any debts Of his contracting
-Iypnotism as cure for the LIQUOR
and tobacco habits is being put to prac-
teal and scientific use by Rev. George
+. Cutter, pastor of the Howard Avenue
Baptist church. New Haven. and former
~ centcr-rush on the Yale football cIey-
en-.
-Roumania would appear to be the
most illiterate country in Europe. The
last census shows that. in population Of
nearly 100000. nearly 1000. 900 can
neither read nor write, and that only y
little over 100000 have any education
at all.
SO successful has been incubation
against cholera among the coolies en-
ployed by tea planters in India that the
natives are now eager for the simpIe
operation. The planters have clauses in
their contracts calling for inocuated
coolies.
Field Marshal Won Waldersces fac
for the campaign in China is Uhlan's
flag, divided into four squares, two black
and two white, with a red border, and :;
bar running transversely across the de-
sign. The flag is attached to I Uhlan's
lance.
Scent farms furnish new occupation
for women, and Il profitab bic one 1t has
already attracted a number Of women in
England, and it will only be a short time
before American women fond of outdoor
life will turn to it as they have done to
violet farming.
This years apple crop in North Amer
lea is expected to be the largest ever
known. The horticultural statisticians
predict from SO,O00OOO to O,OOO,OOO
barrels. which will be a supply of more
than one barrel for every inhabitant of
the United States
At the time, of the Roman occupation
of Britain five distinct species of dogs
were there, most Of which can with Ger
tainty be identified with those of the
present day. There were the housedog.
the greyhound, the bulldog, the terrie;
and the slOWhOund