Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
PERSONALITIES,


splendent gem of the imperial crown of
the great metropolis"
MRS. ZELDA SEGUIN WALLACE an
nounces that she is about to retire from
the operate stage, and will adopt the
dramatic profession. 1t is her intention
to star in q new version of "Oliver
Twist and "The Boyhood of Richie
lieu"
MISS Cora A. BENNIsoH, q most
worthy lady and an able lawyer, of
Quincy, ILL.,, in company with Miss
White, an eastern artist, are doing the
tour of the world without male escort.
The plucky ladies were last heard of at
Yokohama.
VIZ. ". S. GILBERT has just built for
| himself a house in South Kensington,
which will be we'll worthy torank among
the show places of London. It is said
that he expended 930, 900 on the build
ing alone, before an article of furniture
is put into it.
THE son of England's premier is fol-
| lowing in the footsteps of his illustrious
father. a recent English paper chron-
icles that "Mr. Gladstone and Mr.. Her
bert Gladstone yesterday felled 8 large
tree in Hawarden Park, task which oc-
cupied them about two hours"
HENRY JAMES, romancer, is criticised
for bit of carelessness In the first chap
tiers of the Impressions of a Cousin"
| In one place two STEP brothers are de-
scribed as children of the same mother
and In another they are said to inherit
the same tendencies from the father.
PRINCE NAPo1EoN's eldest son has
been for some time pupil IN Chelten-
ham College. His studies have, howev-
er, been suddenly cut short, as he has
just been summoned back to France in
consequence of his having been drawn
in the CONSUMPTION for army service.
JOHN STRATHERN, a rich Australian,
met his betrothed, an English lady, on
the transfer platform at Council Bluffs
the other day by appointment, Each
had travelled one-third of the circumfer-
ance of the globe to meet without wait
ing each others arrival over half hour.
They had not met in ten years,
A LONDON periodical says: 'FSir
Randall Roberts, who has now been for
some years In the United States pursu-
ing his latest profession, viz that of the
stage Che was previously in the army
and afterwards special correspondent,
has Joined Mr.. Wyndham's company,
and will remain with itduring the trans
Atlantic tour.
THE hand and heart of George r. Da-
Wis, handsome young dentist of Port
land, Oregon, are demanded by eleven
young ladies of that city, who claim to
be engaged to him, and by three ladies
of Chicago, who claim to be his wives.
Their names are not given, but it is
said that they are on their way to Port
land to visit George.
AT Berwyn, an unpretentious little
station few miles out of Philadelphia,
almost any day In summer or fall one
may see step from the train "countri
fed looking man, past middle age, with
a heavy, corpulent figure clad in an
almost seedy suit, and crowned with
worn and battered hat. His boots are
heavy and clumsy; his shoulders stoop
like those of a plowman; his face is
broad and brown. He is not farmer,
however, but Philadelphia politician
of national reputation-Samuel J. Ran
dali.
you are fond of ladies' society, gen.
eral, +" suggested New York reporter to
Gen. Sherman. Sand why should I
not be, sir ?" was the veterans response.
"What is there in life half so lovely as
budding womanhood? Take my word
fol it, and I'm tough old soldier, the
man who doesn't like to court the So
ciety' of a pretty woman isn't the
right sort of man. There is re-
fning influence In the society of women
which can be found nowhere else. I
like them, and, if 1 am not going too
far, I don't mind telling you they like
me-"
A CORRESPONDENT of the Atlanta Con-
stitution writes: John Boyle O'Reilly,
Irish poet, patriot and exile, Is one of
the lions Of Boston. His career, bril-
liant and stormy, has about 1t the favor
of romance, and to all this must be
added charm of manner quite impossi-
bic to describe. A rare combination of
simplicity and sweetness, O'Reilly seems
to be in all respects the spiritual and in
tellectual brother of that other rarely
gifted Irishman, Joseph Francis Bren-
nan, who, going to New Orleans an un-
known exile, won all hearts and con-
quered all prejudice. What wonderful
gifts were laid in the grave that received
the lamented Brennan the world Will
never know; but his friends knew, and
their grief still keeps his memory green.
IN these days of long life" says the
st. James Gazette, 1T would not be
surprising were the Emperor William TO
survive the Iron Chancellor, as he has
survived so many of his old servants
and friends. Prince Bismarck's catarrh
becomes increasingly troublesome, and
he has had to give up his cigar and his
glass of wine. The emperor, it is said,
was never better, and still enjoys his
wine ard tobacco. It is remarkable that,
although he has long been famous as
oneof the most vigorous men of his time
William I. was an exceedingly feeble
child. 1t was not, indeed, until he gave
himself up to military exercises that he
became robust. The kaiser has always
been very moderate man, and to this
day his dinner rarely consists of more
than five dishes, from which he makes
choice. Although the cellars of the I'm
perial Palace at Berlin are full of the
! Hpask xuipoc of oil oouukrIoe ipoIu1;rc.