Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-09-19
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Berlin had nearly million visitors
last year, while Vienna had only 3s7. 900
and Hamburg 27S,NjO.
The Russian church has a rule
against the publica zion OF the Old Tesla
nent without the ApocTypha.
"A penny will buy twenty times as
much nourishmcnt in the shap. ot oat-
meal as i'll the form OF beef.
ALL Australian race courses are oval,
and from one and oncfourth to one and
one-half miles each in circumference.
La borcrs are so scarce in Switzer
land that they have to be imported not
only from Italy. but Bohemia and Silesia.
AS ia e As the year 1880 Cleveland,
D., had 4 population OF only 1916. The
rt,plla ticn III that year o. Cincinnati
was 1881.
Famine is rife in the extreme south
OF Italy. and jewels from church
shrines are beng sold for the benefit OF
The destitute.
A ST Louis Gfo.} ncgress ncips her
husband crack stone in one Of the streets
She says she would rather do so than
wash clothes.
The best maple syrup comes from the
nc~th side Of the tree. but the flow il not
So large as when the tree is tapped on
the scGth side.
a geographical board in the Domin
ion OF Canada settles all questions As to
the correct spelling Of geographic names
in the Dominion.
Most counterfeit documents are de
tected through some individual peculiar
ity Of the counterfeitcr OF which he him
self IS not aware.
Cork and poplar are the lightest
woods in the world and pomeeraDate ons
OF the heaviest: it IS more than one~third
heavier than water.
There are in westerns Queensland.
Australia, sixtyfour artesian wells. the
minimum daily capacity o. any OF which
is 100000 gallons.
-South Dakota has an aggregate Of
11.30O,0OO acres of vacant government
land. which is now subject to entry by
qualified applicants,
The ster!ct. caught in Siberian riv-
cra. completes with the pompano, from
the Gulf O. Mexico. AS the most deli
clous fish in the world.
The canton CT Grauuburdcn, in
Switzerland. has passed law prohibit
ing the operation Of automobiles within
the limits of the canton.
Prof. W. T.. Blake of the University
of Arizona published the statement that
fullers earth has been discovered in the
southern part Of Arizona.
On the big steamer Oceanic there is
no scat at table marked No. IL. nor any
concession TO superstition.
The park board of Cincinnati in 1872
paid $500 for consignment OF English
sparrows. They would give double the
sum now to get rid of them.
1t is estimated that the population
of Berlin will complete the two-mi!lion
figure by the end Of 1902 The present
population is about $4,000.
The female mosquitoes are normally
Will ryIt ,yyn, Infrh ,Nlo
they should draw bloed at all is a Ques-
ton which has not been solved.
There are more Americans in London
just now than ever before. West End
shopkeepers declare that the American
invasion lately is unprecedented.
1t is said that fresh order, to be
known as the Southern Cross. is to be
established in the celebration of the fed
Grafton Of the Australian colonies.
China has not yet learned to its full
extent the use Of the check and the bank
Of deposit, the money order or the bank
draft in her mercantile transactions.
An anonymous donor has given f3O,-
900 for the erection a St. Petersburg OF
an asylum for old Hebrew artists who
are unable TO follow their profession.
Train butchers" report that there is
years ago at this date campaign litera
ture formed the bulk of the trainboy's
trade.
The New Yorl, patrolman starts at
$500 year and his pay is increased
year by year to 5000, $1,000. s105O,
S115O, until his sixth year, wien he gets
into the $14GO class.
The geological park esta blished in
Washington is becoming an imporlan in
stitutiOn. Already the collection OF ami
mails includes several species never be-
fore brought into CAPTIVITY.
Wedding festivities in Cairo, Egypt,
usually continue for three days, during
which time there is constant feasting and
iollihcation. The guests are expected to
remain while the festivities last.
Several societies in Germany amuse
themselves by dispatcbing carrier pigeons
TO and from various points. About 30O,-
900 birds are thus employed. 1t is said
that the army uses 5000 Of them.
The Paris Exposition offered 1927
grand prizes. S166 gold medals. 1924
silver medals, 11,615 bronze medals and
1888 honorable mentions, a total Of A.,
$50 awards. This beats the record
Kent county (Eng.) farmers propose
to turn the automobile to account next
year. This year a large part of the fruit
crop rotted for lack of transportation.
the railroad companies being unable 10
meet the emergency. To prevent repe-
tition Of the woful vase the farmers
VIII next year Sen0 tnelr ffult TO the
metropolis by automobiles aud steam
vans over the public highways.
-Crusades have been legion in Boston
and New York against unsightly adver-
tisements, both in town and country. A
Boston club offers a prize for the set OF
twelve photographs which will best illus
trate the Disagreement of landscapes in
the way Indicated. The New York Cen
trail railroad has taken up the matter
with the object Of protecting the scenery
along its route.
Among the summer visitors at Old
Orchard Beach, Me-, is John B. Clough,
a citizen of Memphis, Tenn, who is con-
sidered a splendid swimmer in his South
ern home. Mr.. Clough went swimming
in an unusually heavy surf last week and
was knocked about a good deal by the
waves. He fought his way to dry land
with much difficulty and reached his cot
tage in dazed condition. Since then he
has been unable to utter word and
physicians are much puzzled over his
case.
Uses for Seaweed.
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