Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-06-04

There ale rumors ia New York that
Messrs. Charles Scribners Sons are con-
sidering the expediency of starting
new first class magazine.
Theodore Thomas, the famous musical
director, now in Chicago, is a native of
Hanover, and was born in 1885. He
came to America with his father in
| 1845.
Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-
on Avol. was visited last year by II, 200
persons. New Place gardens, the site of
the house where the poet spent his last
years and died, is in future to be thrown
open free to the public during the sum
mer months. .s
70 Two girls, aged respectively 16 and Ia
years, named Clara and Lulu Synder,
were. struck by lightning in their home at
Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday. Clara was
at the window and was instantly killed,
and Lulu, though picked up for dead, is
alive, though Unconscious Little hope is
entertained of her recovery.
The Galena Gazette says Mr.. and
Mrs. David Heer, of Galena, are the
parents of fifteen healthy children, Mr..
and Mrs ]. G. Seek have sixteen chill.
dren, and Edwin Sincoek and wife are
parents OF thirteen children. Mrs.
Seeks mother, Mrs Bonjour, still living,
is the mother of twenty-one children.
The Farl of Aylesford became intoxi-
Gated at the recent Derby races, refused
to surrender his railway ticket. and struck
the inspector at London bridge. In the
struggle which followed the erratic
Earl bad leg broken iu two places. He
has recently become an international
celebrity from his purchase of great
cattle ranch in Texes.
DR.. Donald Macleod, Scotch clergy
man, recently delivered lecture upon
singularly unpromising subject. The
title was announced to be "The Sin of
Cheapness," and the lecturer proceeded
to argue that the "craying for cheapness
and hunting efter bargains it is not only
economically false, but cause of great
suffering to thousands of men, women
and children" DR.. Macleod en1eavored
to prove that cheapness was chiefly pro-
cured by the cruel oppression of seam
stresses and other badly paid work-peo-
pie.
Lord Randolph Churchill is now fairly
a rival candidate with Lord Salisbury for
the leadership of the Tory party in Eng
land Sir Stafford NOrthcote being in III
health, and, at the best, too niminy pim-
ipy for the time. Lord Salisbury has the
advantage of being 20 years older, Of
| having latterly been in close contact with
Lord Beaconsield; but he is''intelectual.
ly arrogant and unsympathetic, whereas
Lord Randolph has an eminently SYM
pathetic manner and voice, which are in
winning contrast to Salisbury's Sardonic
gloom and frigidity. Besides, Lord
Randolph is young man and very am
bilious.
In an article On "The Struggle for
Immortality" in :he June North Ameri-
can Review, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
considers the question as one of the sur
vival of the fttest From her standpoint
it is the most moral, not NECESSARILY the
most intellectual, that will enjoy the
blessing of Immortality. 'fSheer intel
lect," she says, "has no greater chances
at everlasting life than sheer muscle.
Immortality was not promised by their
Creator to great men. There is no
| limited express to paradise for able peo-
| pie. Goethe for being Goethe, is none
the more likely to last forever. Freder-
ica, so far as we can see, stands quite as
good, or better, chance"
Little Bill English" as he is affec-
tionately termed, who has just been put
in Mr.. Peelle's seat in Congress, is de-
scrlbed as small-faced boyish looking
person, With his fathers peculiarly
strong characteristics Of money-making
and money-keeping; only he is quite
generous to himself, especially when he
takes might out" They say in WASH
ington that the elder English took the
first train back to Indiana after his sons
case was decided, not even waiting to
thank the Democrats who strained all
points of law, evidence and homer in the
young statesnan's favor. Il is not known
whether he was ashamed of the job or
or merely wanted to avoid further hotel
expenses.
At a recent meeting of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, the subject of
the temperature of water at various
depths was discussed by D. J. White
more, President of the society, who re-
ferred to the fact that cold water is
frequently obtained by mariners upon
the great lakes by sinking q corked jug
to a certain depth, and then, by with
drawing the cork, the jug is filled with
water very cold and refreshing.
Observations upon the temperature of
the water at various depths in Pine
Lake, Wis, were also presented.
Temperature observations upon Lake
Superior show comparatively constant
temperature at the bottom of about SO
deg. and in depths from 400 to 100 feet
One of the seven commencement ora
tors out of graduating class of over 200
at Harvard this year is colored man
named Robert Heberton Terrell. His
career is quite interesting. Born on
Glen Cove, Va, in 1857, of slave par
ents, he went to Massachusetts, at SIXTEEN
having attained common.school educa-
ton at Washington. He was waiter at
Memorial hall when he was encouraged