Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-12-12

George Mcdonald hews pretty close to
the line 81 would gladly see a boy of
mine choose rathor to be blacksmith,
or a matchmaker, or book binder than a
clerk. Production, making, is higher
thing in the scale of reality than any
mere transmission, such as buying and
selling"
John Huntington, Of Cleveland, some
years ago put $4,000 into the Standard
Oil Company, and has drawn large di
vidends ever since. The othar day in
New York he was offered $l,000,000 for
his interest, and he sold it. He went
home with a deed for ST 900. 600 house
in one pocket and drafts for 100000 in
the other.
Ii Hung Chung, the famous China
man, bas been a busy man. He is go
wears old and has been the chief Giscip-
linaran of the Chinese army, governor Of
Thiang-Sin, a suppressor of great re
bellon, viceroy of the two Tbiang dis
tricts, minister plenipotentiary, some
thing the Celestials call cOmm.ssary of
imperial. grand chancellor of the Empire
and viceroy of the Cheli He has car
ried on extensive diplomatic negotia-
tions with foreign powers.
President Arthur's life is very simple,
although, pains have been taken to make
him out bon vivant. He rises about
halfpast nine, takes cup of coffee and
a roll while dressing, and then wrestles
with his mail until about noon, when he
eats light breaktast-no meat but
oatmeal, fish and fruit. When he dimes
alone he sits down to table at 6, but
when he has CONF paDy toe dinner hour
is 7 or halfpast His family dinners
are very plain, and he has a great liking
for mutton chop with glass of Bass's
ale, or roast beef with glass of claret.
hot baked potatoes and the fruit ofthe
season.
MORMON CONVERTS IN ENGLAND.-A
party of Mormon missionaries from Utah
have been working actively for te last
six months il the Western counties, and
regret to hear that they have induced
quite large number Of persons in the
rural districts to join their egregions
body. Many Converts have already
gone ont to Utah, and still more nu-
merous contingent have been baptized
the time when they will be ready to
start for the promised land" 1t is Ia
mentabIe to think that after the repeated
exposures of the Mennonite creed there
still remain in this country people capa
BILE of being ensnared by the outrageous
fictions of the plausible vagabonds who
are regularly dispatched to Europe from
Utah in search OF recruits. In America
the humbug of Mormonish has long been
so thoroughly exploded that converts are
rarely forthcoming except in the persons
of individuals whose room would usually
be considered to be preferable to their
companv.-London TTMth.
DREADFUL MORTALITY IN New YORK.
This is a most alarming statement
made in to-day's Herald by Warden
O'Rourke, of Bellevue Hospital. Char
ges having been preferred that the
"dead wagon is not sent promptly to
police stations and hospitals on demand,
the Warden explains that it is kept so
busy running around picking up dead
bodies all over town that 'the kind in
diligence of the public has to be asked
if a few corpses are cleft over" at odd
points until next day. Really this is
dreadful! The lpolice reports have fa-
milarized us with the fact that an un-
usual number of violent deaths have &C.
Cured in this city of late, but no one
for a moment supposed that the delay
complained of was due to the alarming
causes assigned by the Warden, We
presumed it was merely negligence at
Bellevue. And somehow we are still In
clined to believe we are right.-Neio
| York Herald.