Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-30


essense Of fat, to make the nitro glycer-
inc. TO make dynamite you only need
to mix nitro-glycerine, with some absorb
to have dynamite.
THE PATRIARCHs OF CONGRESS.
reports of Judge Kelley's condition have
been followed with some anxiety here
also. The latest accounts were that he
was improving after the operation tor the
cancer of the mouth, but he gave during
the tariff debate OF last winter frequent
manifestations of weakness and fatigue,
the result in large part no doubt of the
labors imposed by the discussion. AZ
other times he would speak with great
force. The "Father of the House." hav-
ing served in it now twenty-five years
continuously, is not the oldest man in
years, but he is nearly SO, and his strength
needs to be husbanded. He is SO years
of age and his only seniors in the House
last winter were John T. Wait, of Con
necticut. who is II, and Thomas Corn
ell, who is GA few months Judge Kel-
| ley's senior. Probably few persons stop
ped to think during the tariff legislation
| last winter that two of the oldest men in
| Congress were leading it in the two
houses-Judge Kelley and Senator
Morrill, of Vermont. The Senator is
the oldest man in Congress, being 70
years old, and looking nearly ten years
Younger Washington Correspondence
NeU York Tribune.
A vexed question which the Baptist
Bible Convention at Saratoga may have
tosdscuss is whether or not the Baptist
denomination can unite with other Chris
tan bodies in circulating the Bible in
fore on countries The difficulty, as is
we'll known, hinges upon the translation
of the Greek word baptizo, which Bap-
lists believe means immerse. The British
and Foreign Bible Society have recently
received letters from India which indi-
cate that the difference OfOpinion about
the meaning OF this word may possibly
result in the circulation of rival versions
of the Bible, especially in the Telugu dis
trict The Bible Society, anxious to avert
this calamity, suggest that an alternative
marginal reading be adopted IN the vari
Gus Indian versions of the Bible, which it
is thought will meet the conscientious
sruples of the Baptists, and enable them
to unite with the Bible Society.
The death of wealthy old miser re-
cen " lin La Crosse, has brought to
light queer transaction. 1t appears
that shortly before his death he was pos
sessel of a mania to get married. Not be-
lug able to find any woman who would
marry him be contracted 20 give certain
man S., 900 ifhe would find a wife for bin.
The man assented, and found a woman
who;was willing to risk the chances of
widovhood in a few years. After the
marriage the old man refused to pay the
SO, 600 to the agent, who waited until he
died. and then put in claim for that
amount, and has just received the sum of
81 400.
Moody and Sankey are great workers.
At Liverpool they had eleven meetings
day, and at the close were in good health.
About the first of November they will be-
gin tn cir Fall campaign in London,
where two large portable iren tabernacles,
with a seating capacity of 5000 are be-
ing bu lit for them, and meetings are to be
held in various portions of the city
While meetings are being held in one the
other will be taken down and put up in
another place,
A little book is circulating in England
entitled "Illustrious Abstainers," among
whom the author cl aims Sir Garnet Wolse-
ley. Lord Wolseley has written letter
to teetotaler, in which he says he takes
deep interest in temperance, etc., "but
[ am not a total abstainer, and have new
er claimed the character for myself, but
whenever [ found it necessary to enforce
on the troops under my command total
abstention from alcohol, [ have invariably
observed the practice
The Oldest tree in the world is believed
to be the Bo tree in the city of Amara-
poosa, Burmah. This tree was planted
288 years before Christ, and is now e.
I'll years old. An English investigator,
Sir. James Emerson Tennet, believes
that the claims for this tree are true. as
there are very old historical records re-
lating to it. The tree is considered sa-
cred, and the leaves are gathered and
carried away when they fall.
A man who weighs $50 pounds of the
earth, if transported to Jupiter, would
shake the ground with ponderous tread
at $4,000 pounds, or 2215 tons! A hickory
nut, falling from bough, would crash
through him like Il mimic ball. Water
would weigh fifteen times as much as
quicksilver. A moderate wave would
shiver to atoms the strongest iron-clad.
A Glen's Falls former, few days ago,
put away large egg which he bad found
in his barn among the other eggs. On
breaking it open he was surprised and
Mortified 10 see that it contained lively
snake five inches long. He is willing to
make an affidavit to the fact that there
was no hole in the shell before he broke
it.
The Chinese Legation were happy
when the circus was in Washington,
and one of them told Congressman in
q burst of appreciation that he had not
enjoyed anything so much since Congress
adiourned! They attended every per