Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-18
PERSONALITIES.

the senior living Doctor Of Laws of Har-
ward College.
JOHN r. g.. HAssARD, of the New
York Tribune, has just been made an
LII. D. by ST. Johns College.
HENRY FIELDING DICKENS, youngest
son Of Charles Dickens, has been APP
pointed TO the rec0rdership of Deal.
A. BIRD HoDABIRD, WHO is something
Of an English sparrow, the new quarter
master general, will have some good
picking.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY is to write a vol
ume OF European travels year, for
eight years, for bis Boston publishers.
Nasty is as bright as he ever was.
QUEEN VICTORIA is q newspaper reader,
and that is why she has reigned longer
than Elizabeth. Elizabeth, however,
used to get Shakespeare to read his plays
to her.
HENRY IRVING has 200 pairs Of suspep-
ders. But what doth it profit man,
says the Philadelphia News, if he hath
200 pairs of suspenders if he lose one
button.
GEORGE W. CHILDs, of the Philadel-
phia Ledger, will probably run over to
England next month and pay his friend
Walters, of the London Times, brief
friendly visit.
QUEEN VICTORIA does not indulge In
the afectation of pretending not to read
the newspapers. She takes morning
and an evening daily and several week
lies. She is fond of novels, too.
THE Marquis of Lorne will not leave
Canada until after the arrival of his sue
| cessor, and he is not expected to arrive
in England till the end of November.
| It is probable, however, that the Prln-
| cess Louise will return to Europe in
August, in order that she may visit
| German bath before the close of the
| season.
Few men take better care of them
| selves than Mr.. Gould. He is temper
ate in all things, and always has been,
except IN the getting of money. He
lives plainly and keeps good hours, 60
! ing to bed before II o'clock, if possible,
and getting up to an s o'clock breakfast.
As a rule he is down town before 10
o'clock.
LONDON World says: "The biography
of George Eliot, which has been inter-
rupted in it's preparation by Mr.. Gross
long indisposition, will, now that he has
recovered, make rapid progress. hear
that Mr.. Cross is working from the min
ute and uninterrupted diary which his
wife kept from her earlier years until
her death.
JAMES PARTON says when Gen. Butler
sent his son to Harvard he gave him
check book, and said to him: "Take
that, and whenever you want any money
draw as freely as you like. IL you are
ever in doubt consult your mother"
At the end Of bis college course the
young man had spent only 81, 800 ayear,
which is considerably below the average
sum spent by the sons OF wealthy pa
rents at Cambridge.
4 GENTLEMAN who has something
more than a passing acquaintance with
Mrs. Langtry says that the lady is en-
ploylng some Of her spare time writing
a book; in which she gives her impress
sions very fully Of American customs
and American people. A New York
publisher has arranged for the copy
right Of the book, and will bring it out
about the tiaae the lady makes up her
mind to quit the American stage.
Mr.. EDWARD VAIN, whose memory
| goes back to 1915, denies the story
which has SO long been credited in
Philadelphia, that Tom Moore once hv-
ed in a certain house in Paramount Park
"a little, low cottage, still standing on
the west bank, close 20 the river road,
and opposite to Peters Island. From
long before 1915 up to the year 1880 the
cottage was occupied by negress, cold
Cornelia," who ''did the washing for the
Belmont establishment"
JOHN BRIGHT is as cool as he is clever.
A few nights ago, while addressing an
English audience, he had occasion to re-
mark: sob has said, Man is born
unto trouble as the sparks fly upward ,"
but that upon the whole he "did not
agree with job" Whereupon one of
the audience of 4, 900 arose, and object
ing to hear Job spoken of SO, shouted:
"Three cheers for job" The three
cheers were given with an enthusiasm
which might have discounted a less
ready man than John Bright.
r. G. INGERsoLL: g am wondering
why people take interest in politics: why
anybody cares about anything; why
everybody is not contented; why people
want to climb the creased poles of Office
and then dodge the brickbats of enemies
and rivals; why any man wishes to be
President or member of congress, or
in the cabinet, or to do anything except
to live with the ones he loves and enjoy
twenty -four hours every day. Finally,
to use the language of Walt Whitman,
L loaf and invite my soHl. ;"
CoNKLING stands over six feet high.
The caricatures in Puck are abomin-
ably like and unlike him. To those ia
miliar with his features, the caricatures
are ludierously like him but are not
what might be called a likeness of Ros-
coe Conkling. He is more bald than
people imagine. His hair is whitening
very fast, as is his beard, which he wears
full, although there is not much of it.
The curly exaggeration familiar to the
readers of Puck has basis in a curl of
fact. Sitting, Mr.. Conkling is a man of
apparent dignity; standing he is not.
His body is long, his legs are short. To
some his manner is peculiarly offensive.
To others it is peculiarly agree